Human Immortality von William James

This antiquarian book contains William James¿s 1898 lecture, "Human Immortality". This fascinating lecture was given under the auspices of the 'The Ingersoll Lectureship', a scheme founded upon the wishes of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll who gave 5000 dollars to Harvard University with the instructions that 'a series of lectures were to be read annually on the topic of human immortality' - in memory of her father. An enthralling treatise on the possibility of conscious immortality, this antiquarian text will appeal to those interested in the topic, and would make for a worthy addition collections of allied literature. William James (1842 - 1910) was an American psychologist and philosopher. Originally published in 1898, this rare text is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

William James was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist. He was born on January 11, 1842, and died on August 26, 1910. He was the first teacher in the United States to teach a psychology course. James and Charles Sanders Peirce started the philosophical school called pragmatism, and James is also considered one of the founders of functional psychology. James studied medicine, physiology, and biology, and he started teaching in those fields. However, he was drawn to the scientific study of the human mind at a time when psychology was becoming a science. James's knowledge of the work of people like Hermann Helmholtz in Germany and Pierre Janet in France helped him get scientific psychology classes started at Harvard University. In the 1875-1876 school year, he taught his first experimental psychology class at Harvard.