Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Resea[...]

1969. A veteran secret agent. A single mission. A licence to kill. James Bond returns.

Autobiographical, philosophical, and scientific writings of the nineteenth-century scholar demonstrate his relevance to the intellectual trends of modern thought[...]

William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in 19th-century America. Deborah Whitehead reads pragmatism through the intersecting themes of narrative, [...]

This magisterial book is the first comprehensive interpretive and critical study of one of America's foremost philosophers and psychologists. Gerald Myers traces James's life and career and then uses this fresh biographical information to illuminate his writings and ideas.[...]

This book offers a radical new reading of William James's work on the idea of 'religion.' Moving beyond previous psychological and philosophical interpretations, it uncovers a dynamic, imaginative, and critical use of the category of religion. This work argues that we can only fully understand James[...]

Volume 1 of the famous long course, complete and unabridged. Stream of thought, time perception, memory, experimental methods--these are only some of the concerns of a work that was years ahead of its time and is still valid, interesting and useful. "He had said it all, and it is all there. It's an [...]

Condensed and reworked from James's monumental "Principles of Psychology, this classic text examines habit; stream of consciousness; self and the sense of personal identity; discrimination and association; the sense of time; memory; perception; imagination; reasoning; emotions, instincts; the will a[...]

Provides students with a system-level perspective and the tools they need to analyze and design complete digital systems using Verilog.[...]

This is an accessible introduction to the full range of the philosophy of William James. It portrays that philosophy as containing a deep division between a Promethean type of pragmatism and a passive mysticism. The pragmatist James conceives of truth and meaning as a means to control nature and mak[...]