The Letters of William James, Vol. 2James, William
Philosophy
The Letters of William James, Vol. 2
James, William
Intellectuals -- United States; James, William, 1842-1910; Philosophers -- United States; Psychologists -- United States
Marries Alice H. Gibbens, 192;
effect of his new domesticity, 193;
importance of his wife's companionship and understanding, 193;
contracts to write a volume on Psychology, 194;
vacations in Keene Valley, 195;
his mode of life there, 195;
a bit of self-analysis, 199, 200;
first work on _Psychology_, 203, 223;
declines invitation to teach at Johns Hopkins, 203;
in Europe, 1880-83, 208 _ff._;
and Henry James, 209, 210;
"reaction" on Europe, 209, 210;
death of his mother, 218, and of his father, 221;
his memories of them, 221, 222;
corresponding member of English Society for Psychical Research, 227;
an organizer and officer of the American Society, 227;
investigates psychic phenomena, 227 _ff._;
conducts American Census of Hallucinations, 228, 229;
edits his father's _Literary Remains_, 236, 239 _ff._;
his life at Chocorua, 271, 272, 273.
Abroad in 1889, 286 _ff._;
at International Congress of Physiological Psychology, 288, 289, 290;
his new house in Cambridge, 290, 291;
his inclination toward the under-dog, 292, 293, =2=, 178;
completion of the _Psychology_, =1=, 293 _ff._;
effect of its publication on his reputation, 300;
prepares an abridgment (_Briefer Course_), 300, 301;
turns his attention more fully toward philosophy, 301;
raises money for Harvard Laboratory, 301, and recommends Münsterberg
as its head, 301;
his sabbatical year abroad, 302, 320 _ff._;
beginning of his friendship with Flournoy, 320;
receives honorary degree at Padua, 333.
How his mind was moving during the nineties, =2=, 2 _ff._;
his opinion of psychology, 2;
new courses at Harvard, 3, 4;
outside lecturing, 4;
would devote his thought and work to metaphysical and religious
questions, 5;
frustrations, 5, 6;
personal appearance, 6, 7;
his daily round, 7-9;
the Club, 9, 10;
nervous break-down, 10;
D. S. Miller quoted on, 11-17;
attitude toward spelling reform, 18, 19;
and Cleveland's Venezuela Message, 26 _ff._;
experiments with mescal, 35, 37;
Chautauqua lectures, 40 _ff._;
work on college committees, 45 _n._,
at Faculty meetings, 45 _n._,
lectures at Lowell Institute, 54 and _n._, 55;
invited to deliver Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh, 55;
Blood's strictures on his English, 59;
on a proposed Medical License bill, 66 _ff._;
on the Spanish War, 73, 74;
corresponding member of Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, 75;
a memorable night in the Adirondacks, 75-77.
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