The Principles of Psychology (Vol 1)

2010 Reprint of 1890 First Edition. Two volume facsimile of original edition. William James is widely regarded as America's greatest philosopher. He is also considered to be the father of modern psychology. The Principles of Psychology took him 12 years to write. He considered psychology a natural science that required analysis of feelings, desires, cognitions, reasoning, and decisions according to their own features and dynamics, in the same way that one would explain building a house by looking at its component parts. The Principles of Psychology is one of the few 19th century works on the subject to be cited continuously to this day. A classic work.

"For the psychologist, standard reading, to all readers, a classic of interpretation." -- Psychiatric Quarterly This is the first inexpensive edition of the complete Long Course in Principles of Psychology , one of the great classics of modern Western literature and science and the source of the ripest thoughts of America's most important philosopher. As such, it should not be confused with the many abridgements that omit key sections. The book presents lucid descriptions of human mental activity, with detailed considerations of the stream of thought, consciousness, time perception, memory, imagination, emotions, reason, abnormal phenomena, and similar topics. In its course it takes into account the work of Berkeley, Binet, Bradley, Darwin, Descartes, Fechner, Galton, Green, Helmholtz, Herbart, Hume, Janet, Kant, Lange, Lotze, Locke, Mill, Royce, Schopenhauer, Spinoza, Wundt, and scores of others. It examines contrasting interpretations of mental phenomena, treating introspective analysis, philosophical interpretations, and experimental research. Although the book originally appeared nearly 75 years ago, it remains unsurpassed today as a brilliantly written survey of William James' timeless view of psychology. "Rereading James brings a sense of perspective and even a little humility to our regard for more modern achievements." -- Journal of Consulting Psychology

"For the psychologist, standard reading, to all readers, a classic of interpretation." -- Psychiatric Quarterly This is the first inexpensive edition of the complete Long Course in Principles of Psychology , one of the great classics of modern Western literature and science and the source of the ripest thoughts of America's most important philosopher. As such, it should not be confused with the many abridgements that omit key sections. The book presents lucid descriptions of human mental activity, with detailed considerations of the stream of thought, consciousness, time perception, memory, imagination, emotions, reason, abnormal phenomena, and similar topics. In its course it takes into account the work of Berkeley, Binet, Bradley, Darwin, Descartes, Fechner, Galton, Green, Helmholtz, Herbart, Hume, Janet, Kant, Lange, Lotze, Locke, Mill, Royce, Schopenhauer, Spinoza, Wundt, and scores of others. It examines contrasting interpretations of mental phenomena, treating introspective analysis, philosophical interpretations, and experimental research. Although the book originally appeared nearly 75 years ago, it remains unsurpassed today as a brilliantly written survey of William James' timeless view of psychology. "Rereading James brings a sense of perspective and even a little humility to our regard for more modern achievements." -- Journal of Consulting Psychology

2010 Reprint of 1890 First Edition. Two volume facsimile of original edition. William James is widely regarded as America's greatest philosopher. He is also considered to be the father of modern psychology. The Principles of Psychology took him 12 years to write. He considered psychology a natural science that required analysis of feelings, desires, cognitions, reasoning, and decisions according to their own features and dynamics, in the same way that one would explain building a house by looking at its component parts. The Principles of Psychology is one of the few 19th century works on the subject to be cited continuously to this day. A classic work.