William James: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The best and most comprehensive biography, richly documented, is still Ralph Barton Perry, The Thought and Character of William James, 2 vol. (1935, reprinted 1974). Other works of biography and criticism include Gay Wilson Allen, William James (1967), a sympathetic popularization; Jacques Barzun, A Stroll with William James (1983), an appreciation; Daniel W. Bjork, The Compromised Scientist: William James in the Development of American Psychology (1983); Gerald E. Myers, William James: His Life and Thought (1986); Daniel W. Bjork, William James: The Center of His Vision (1988), including a lengthy bibliographic essay; and R.W.B. Lewis, The Jameses (1991), a study of the family.
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Article History
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| Deleted Web site: K12 LibreTexts - Pragmatism and Post-Modernism. | Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Replaced media. | Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Heritage - William James Finds His Vocation. | Jul 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: K12 LibreTexts - Pragmatism and Post-Modernism. | Mar 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Memphis Digital Commons - William James on the Mind and Its Fringes (PDF). | Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Philosopher's Zone - Habit. | Oct 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Memphis Digital Commons - William James on the Mind and Its Fringes (PDF). | Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - "William James" (PDF). | May 08, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brooklyn College Library - Introduction to Philosophy: James. | Jan 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Potsdam - William James Center - Who is William James? | Jul 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University - Department of Psychology - William James. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BCcampus Publishing - William James ? On Pragmatism. | Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: StateUniversity.com - William James (1842�1910). | Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Thinker Who Believed in Doing. | Jul 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - William James Biography and Contributions to Psychology. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - William James and British thought: then and now. | Dec 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Good Therapy - William James. | May 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosophy - William James. | May 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Philisophers - William James. | May 15, 2022 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Feb 04, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - William James Facts and Biography. | Mar 08, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - William James Biography and Impact on Psychology. | Mar 08, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of James's 1897 collection of essays to read The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy. | Mar 04, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of William James. | Mar 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of William James. | Mar 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - William James. | Apr 16, 2013 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The American - Biography of William James. | Apr 23, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Emory University - Biography of William James. | Apr 23, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - William James. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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