WILLIAM JAMES: ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SCIENCES AND RELIGION
The American physician, William James (1842-1910), a published philosopher and psychologist, will perhaps be forever remembered as the first psychologist in United States. But his influence on universal culture was much deeper. Together with the mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce...
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| description | The American physician, William James (1842-1910), a published philosopher and psychologist, will perhaps
be forever remembered as the first psychologist in United States. But his influence on universal culture was
much deeper. Together with the mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) he laid
the foundation for pragmatism. James considers the human mind as a dynamic concept. James also contributed to functional psychology by attempting to define the subconscious in relation to the perception of personal existence. His medical studies led him to perceive psychology as a branch of biology. In the book he
published only a year before he passed away, The Meaning of Truth (1909), James postulated radical empiricism. According to the American psychologist, human consciousness is a complex process, not just a data
flow, but also the creation of networks and connections between these fragments, and human experience is
a cumulative, non-random connection process. Numerous philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, logicians, mathematicians, and even literary writers are indebted to William James for his innovative ideas. The
multidisciplinary of this visionary man’s theories is unquestionable. He managed to create a system of thinking which blended all the aspects encountered when studying human mind. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-849be8b332034a7b8080138c272e26a02024-02-02T00:14:33ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Medical Journal1220-54782069-606X2019-09-0166328028510.37897/RMJ.2019.3.19WILLIAM JAMES: ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SCIENCES AND RELIGIONMirela Radu0Réka Incze (Kutasi)1Faculty of Medicine, „Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine, „George Emil Palade“ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Tg. Mures, RomaniaThe American physician, William James (1842-1910), a published philosopher and psychologist, will perhaps be forever remembered as the first psychologist in United States. But his influence on universal culture was much deeper. Together with the mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) he laid the foundation for pragmatism. James considers the human mind as a dynamic concept. James also contributed to functional psychology by attempting to define the subconscious in relation to the perception of personal existence. His medical studies led him to perceive psychology as a branch of biology. In the book he published only a year before he passed away, The Meaning of Truth (1909), James postulated radical empiricism. According to the American psychologist, human consciousness is a complex process, not just a data flow, but also the creation of networks and connections between these fragments, and human experience is a cumulative, non-random connection process. Numerous philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, logicians, mathematicians, and even literary writers are indebted to William James for his innovative ideas. The multidisciplinary of this visionary man’s theories is unquestionable. He managed to create a system of thinking which blended all the aspects encountered when studying human mind.https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_MEDICAL_Journal/Revista_MEDICALA_ROMANA-2019-Nr.3/RMJ_2019_3_Art-19.pdfpsychologyempiricismreligionmysticismmedical studiesepistemology |
| spellingShingle | Mirela Radu Réka Incze (Kutasi) WILLIAM JAMES: ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SCIENCES AND RELIGION Romanian Medical Journal psychology empiricism religion mysticism medical studies epistemology |
| title | WILLIAM JAMES: ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SCIENCES AND RELIGION |
| title_full | WILLIAM JAMES: ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SCIENCES AND RELIGION |
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| title_short | WILLIAM JAMES: ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SCIENCES AND RELIGION |
| title_sort | william james on the border between sciences and religion |
| topic | psychology empiricism religion mysticism medical studies epistemology |
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