William James was an intellectual force of nature in 19th century America. Trained as a medical doctor, he saw links between the life sciences, psychology and philosophy, and was a seminal thinker on ...

It's been a banner year for doubters in this season of skepticism. Religious conflict between India and Pakistan brought them close to a nuclear showdown. Islamic terrorists stepped up their assaults ...

Patriarch William James is a quintessential American success story. He was a dirt-poor Irish farm boy who sailed to the new world with a few coins in his pocket, and through grit and good luck as a ...

In all my years of writing and lecturing about psychology, there is a phenomenon I’ve grown accustomed to: Whenever I come up with a "new" idea or theory, I eventually find that there is one ...

WILLIAM JAMES and his wife have been a part of my life ever since my husband — we were then engaged — was a Harvard student in 1879. Mr. James was at that time an instructor in physiology, and well do ...