The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2

This volume was worse than Vol 1, which was not easy to get through. Again, unless you're a PhD candidate in psychology, don't waste your time. This volume was almost 700 pages, tons of tiny footnotes and outdated information. We've come a long way in 100+ years in science and obviously, so much of......more

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I read portions of this book (Time and Space) for the ten-year reading of the Great Books of the Western World. Of all the books I have read in four of the ten years, this book was the most difficult. I will post my write-up when I have completed it.......more

I'd been willing to revisit the second volume, particularly the discussion on will, and its relation to attention, and I was once more stunned by James' accuracy and prescience. Very often, James' writing is in alignment (and dialogue) with the prevailing approaches in recent neuroscience/neurophilo......more