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THE PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY (1890) http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/James/Principles/ was published about the time Freud first published and was used as a text at Harvard.

PRAGMATISM: A New Name For Some Old Ways of Thinking http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=5116 was a series of lectures delivered at Lowell Institute, Boston (November and December, 1906), and at Columbia University, New York (January, 1907).

ESSAYS IN RADICAL EMPIRICISM needs a mention.

WJ and Dubois?

I don't know where to put this or how relevant this is, but I see that neither this page nor W.E.B. Dubois's page references any relationship between the two of them. Although my scope of knowledge in terms of the two of them is limited, one source I have been reading talks about a strong relationship between them two that had strong influences on Dubois's racial doctrines. I also don't know how popularly accepted this connection/influence is. The source is COLOR AND CULTURE by Ross Posnock. Perhaps the connection is noteworthy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.108.64.86 (talk • contribs) 18:56, December 9, 2006 (UTC)

As far as the Allen biography of WJ goes (1967) they didn't actually have a very strong relationship. Perhaps Dubois was merely influenced by WJ's writings. For instance, when Edwin G. Boring wrote "Masters and Pupils among the American Psychologist" he found that a number of professional psychologists credited WJ as their "master" and not their thesis instructor. Due in part to this (and in part to the character that is seen within WJ's writings) Rand B Evans (1981) asserts that many individuals were influenced by WJ in a deep way. WJ made efforts in almost all of his writings to speak to the reader in a deeply personal way, and as Evans asserts it is likely for this reason how he came to inspire so many. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.185.241 (talk) 23:35, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

William James' father

To call Henry James Sr. an eccentric Swedenborgian is not a neutral statement. MacLennan, 17 April 2012Maclennan123 (talk) 18:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 As far as the Allen biography of WJ goes (1967) they didn't actually have a very strong relationship. Perhaps Dubois was merely influenced by WJ's writings. For instance, when Edwin G. Boring wrote "Masters and Pupils among the American Psychologist" he found that a number of professional psychologists credited WJ as their "master" and not their thesis instructor. Due in part to this (and in part to the character that is seen within WJ's writings) Rand B Evans (1981) asserts that many individuals were influenced by WJ in a deep way. WJ made efforts in almost all of his writings to speak to the reader in a deeply personal way, and as Evans asserts it is likely for this reason how he came to inspire so many.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/24.235.185.241|24.235.185.241]] ([[User talk:24.235.185.241|talk]]) 23:35, 5 December 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== William James' father ==
+To call Henry James Sr. an eccentric Swedenborgian is not a neutral statement.  MacLennan, 17 April 2012[[User:Maclennan123|Maclennan123]] ([[User talk:Maclennan123|talk]]) 18:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)