Project Gutenberg 2018-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 2581 James, William 1842 1910 The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Principles_of_Psychology Produced by Clare Graham & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust.) "The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2)" by William James is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This extensive work addresses the fundamental principles and scope of psychology as a discipline, linking mental processes to their underlying physical conditions. James's analysis emphasizes the relationship between the mind and the physical brain, setting the groundwork for understanding psychological phenomena through a scientific lens. The opening of the book serves as a preface to the broader exploration of psychology that follows. William James discusses the overarching nature of mental phenomena and their dependence on cerebral conditions, noting the inadequacies of both spiritualistic and associationist theories of mind. He introduces the idea of psychology as a natural science that relies on empirical observations and rejects metaphysical explanations. This brief but compelling introduction establishes the direction of the treatise, which aims to dissect the workings of the mind through the lens of physiological processes and to question previous psychological assumptions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Psychology BF Text Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 2102573 2025-06-25T12:02:25.007952 text/html 2034974 2025-04-04T09:29:58 text/html 1552635 2025-06-25T12:03:14.598161 application/epub+zip 1583722 2025-06-25T12:02:42.704758 application/epub+zip 826043 2025-06-25T12:02:32.194840 application/epub+zip 2143230 2025-06-25T12:03:36.696048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1968537 2025-06-25T12:03:07.518641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1217110 2022-09-26T04:52:36.363273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1698154 2025-06-25T12:02:19.825910 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1650219 2025-04-04T09:29:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18532 2025-06-25T12:03:36.886007 application/rdf+xml 7426 2025-06-25T12:02:38.543799 image/jpeg 1755 2025-06-25T12:02:38.409795 image/jpeg 1449083 2025-06-25T12:02:25.650856 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia