{"product_id":"william-james-on-consciousness-beyond-the-margin-9780691011363","title":"William James on Consciousness beyond the Margin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century  William James was Americas most widely read philosopher. In addition to being one of the founders of pragmatism  however  he was also a leading psychologist and author of the seminal work  The Principles of Psychology (1890). While scholars argue that James withdrew from the study of psychology after 1890  Eugene Taylor demonstrates convincingly that James remained preeminently a psychologist until his death in 1910.  Taylor details Jamess contributions to experimental psychopathology  psychical research  and the psychology of religion. Moreover  Taylors work shows that out of his scientific study of consciousness  James formulated a sophisticated metaphysics of radical empiricism. In light of historical developments in psychology  as well as the current philosophic implications of the neuroscience revolution related to the biology of consciousness  Taylor argues that both the subject matter of Jamess investigations and his metaphysics of radical empiricism are just as important for psychology today as James believed they were in his own time.  This book represents a major new contribution both to James scholarship and to the history of American psychology. Although philosophers have analyzed radical empiricism  this book is the first to trace the development of radical empiricism as a metaphysics addressed to psychologists. It is also the first to show Jamess involvement in depth-psychology and psychotherapeutics and to trace historical continuity between Jamess work on consciousness and subsequent developments in psychoanalysis  personality theory  and humanistic psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932335341621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691011362","price":248.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691011363.jpg?v=1794224456","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/william-james-on-consciousness-beyond-the-margin-9780691011363","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}