William James

William James (January 11, 1842, New York–August 26, 1910, Chocorua, New Hampshire) was a pioneering psychologist and philosopher. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism.

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January 11 - 1842 - New York - August 26 - 1910 - New Hampshire - Psychology - Mysticism - Pragmatism

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William James was born in New York, son of Henry James, Sr., an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. The intellectual brilliance of the James family milieu and the remarkable epistolary talents of several of its members have made them a subject of continuing interest to historians, biographers, and critics.

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Henry James, Sr. - Swedenborgian - Theologian

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James interacted with a wide array of writers and scholars throughout his life, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Greeley, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Royce, Ernst Mach, John Dewey, Hellen Keller, Mark Twain, James Frazer, Henri Bergson, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Horace Greeley - William Cullen Bryant - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - Charles Sanders Peirce - Josiah Royce - Ernst Mach - John Dewey - Hellen Keller - Mark Twain - James Frazer - Henri Bergson - H. G. Wells - G. K. Chesterton - Sigmund Freud - Carl Jung

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