The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1 by William James (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1 by William James, Dover Publications Inc Volume 1 of the famous long course, complete and unabridged. Covers stream of thought, time perception, memory, and experimental methods. Total in set: 94 figures. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Volume 1 of the famous long course, complete and unabridged. Covers stream of thought, time perception, memory, and experimental methods. Total in set: 94 figures. 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 Americas 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.It remains unsurpassed today as a brilliantly written survey of William James timeless view of psychology. Author Biography James was a philosopher and psychologist and the brother of Henry James. He studied in New York and Europe, and received a medical degree from Harvardin 1869. He helped found the American Society for Psychical Research. Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY Mental Manifestations depend on Cerebral Conditions Pursuit of ends and choice are the marks of Minds presence CHAPTER II THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN "Reflex, semi-reflex, and voluntary acts" The Frogs nerve centres General notion of the hemispheres Their Education-the Meynert scheme The phrenological contrasted with the physiological conception The localization of function in the hemisphere The motor zone Motor Aphasia The sight-centre Mental blindness The hearing-centre Sensory Aphasia Centres for smell and taste The touch-centre Mans Consciousness limited to the hemispheres The restitution of function Final correction of the Meynert scheme Conclusions CHAPTER III. ON SOME GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BRAIN-ACTIVITY The summation of Stimuli Reaction-time Cerebral blood-supply Cerebral Thermometry Phosphorus and Thought CHAPTER IV. HABIT Due to plasticity of neural matter Produces ease of action Diminishes attention Concatenated performances Ethical implications and pedagogic maxims CHAPTER V. THE AUTOMATON-THEORY The theory described Reasons for it Reasons against it CHAPTER VI. THE MIND-STUFF THEORY Evolutionary Psychology demands a Mind-dust Some alleged proofs that it exists Refutation of these proofs Self-compounding of mental facts is inadmissible Can states of mind be unconscious? Refutation of alleged proofs of unconscious thought Difficulty of stating the connection between mind and brain The Soul is logically the least objectionable hypothesis Conclusion CHAPTER VII. THE METHODS AND SNARES OF PSYCHOLOGY Psychology is a natural Science Introspection Experiment Sources of error The Psychologists fallacy CHAPTER VIII. THE RELATIONS OF MINDS TO OTHER THINGS Time relations : lapses of Consciousness Locke v. Descartes The unconsciousness of hysterics not genuine Minds may split into dissociated parts Space-relations : the Seat of the Soul Cognitive relations The Psychologists point of view "Two kinds of knowledge, acquaintance and knowledge about" CHAPTER IX. THE STREAM OF THOUGHT Consciousness tends to the personal form It is in constant change It is sensibly continuous Substantive and transitive parts of Consciousness Feelings of relation Feelings of tendency The fringe of the object The feeling of rational sequence Thought possible in any kind of mental material Thought and language Consciousness is cognitive The word Object Every cognition is due to one integral pulse of thought Diagrams of Thoughts stream Thought is always selective CHAPTER X THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SELF The Empirical Self or Me Its constituents The material self The Social Self The Spiritual Self Difficulty of apprehending Thought as a purely spiritual activity Emotions of Self Rivalry and conflict of ones different selves Their hierarchy What Self we love in Self-love The Pure Ego The verifiable ground of the sense of personal identity The passing Thought is the only Thinker which Psychology requires Theories of Self-consciousness: 1) The theory of the Soul 2) The Associationist theory 3) The Transcendentalist theory The mutations of the Self Insane delusions Alternative selves Mediumships or possessions Summary CHAPTER XI. ATTENTION Its neglect by English psychologists Description of it To how many things can we attend at once? Wundts experiments on displacement of date of impressions simultaneously attend to Personal equation The varieties of attention Passive attention Voluntary attention Attentions effect on sensation; on discrimination; on recollection; on reaction-time The neural process in attention: 1) Accommodation of sense-organ 2) Preperception Is voluntary attention a resultant or a force? The effort to attend can be conceived as a resultant Conclusion Acquired Inattention CHAPTER XII. CONCEPTION The sense of sameness Conception defined Conceptions are unchangeable Abstract ideas Universals The conception of the same is not the same state of mind CHAPTER XIII. DISCRIMINATION AND COMPARISON Locke on discrimination Martineau ditto Simultaneous sensations originally fuse into one object The principle of mediate comparison Not all differences are differences of composition The conditions of discrimination The sensation of differences The transcendentalist theory of the perception of differences uncalled for The process of analysis The process of abstraction The improvement of discrimination by practice Its two causes Practical interests limit our discrimination Reaction-time after discrimination The perception of likeness The magnitude of differences The measurement of criminative sensibility : Webers law Fechners interpretation of this as the psycho-physic law Criticism thereof CHAPTER XIV. ASSOCIATION The problem of the connection of our thoughts It depends on mechanical conditons "Association is of objects thought-of, not of ideas" The rapidity of association The law of contiguity The elementary law of association Impartial redintegration Ordinary or mixed association The law of interest Association by similarity Elementary expression of the difference be Long Description Volume 1 of the famous long course, complete and unabridged. Covers stream of thought, time perception, memory, and experimental methods. Total in set: 94 figures. Details ISBN0486203816 Author Dover Publications Inc Language English ISBN-10 0486203816 ISBN-13 9780486203812 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 150 Imprint Dover Publications Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 94 figures Birth 1842 Death 1910 Short Title PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY VOL 1 Residence NY, US Edition New edition Series Dover Books on Biology, Psychology, and Medicine DOI 10.1604/9780486203812 UK Release Date 2000-01-02 AU Release Date 2000-01-02 NZ Release Date 2000-01-02 Pages 696 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Edition Description New edition Year 2000 Audience General Publication Date 2000-02-01 US Release Date 2000-02-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:929795;

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