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William James: A contradiction
Author(s) -
Pastore Nicholas
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197704)13:2<126::aid-jhbs2300130203>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - contradiction , ambivalence , epistemology , environmental ethics , sociology , psychoanalysis , philosophy , psychology
The author describes a contradiction in William James's Principles of Psychology and traces some of its consequences. In particular, he calls attention to the question of dating certain aspects of this work, and to the ambivalence toward Helmholtz expressed therein.