Correspondence 1882 1910

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James and Stumpf first met in Prague in 1882. James soon started corresponding with a “colleague with whose persons and whose ideas alike I feel so warm a sympathy.” With this, a lifelong epistolary friendship began. For 28 years until James’s death in 1910, Stumpf became James’s most important European correspondent. Besides psychological themes of great importance, such as the perception of space and of sound, the letters include commentary upon Stumpf’s (Tonpsychologie) and James’s main books (The Principles of Psychology, The Varieties of Religious Experience), and many other works. The two friends also exchange views concerning other scholars, religious faith and metaphysical topics. The different perspectives of the American and the German (European) way of living, philosophizing and doing science are frequently under discussion. The letters also touch upon personal questions of historical interest. The book offers a critical edition and the English translation of hitherto unpublished primary sources. Historians of psychology and historians of philosophy will welcome the volume as a useful tool for their understanding of some crucial developments of the time. Scholars in the history of pragmatism and of phenomenology will also be interested in the volume.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : William James
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release : 2020-04-20
File : 291 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783110524673


Correspondence 1882 1910

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James and Stumpf first met in Prague in 1882. James soon started corresponding with a “colleague with whose persons and whose ideas alike I feel so warm a sympathy.” With this, a lifelong epistolary friendship began. For 28 years until James’s death in 1910, Stumpf became James’s most important European correspondent. Besides psychological themes of great importance, such as the perception of space and of sound, the letters include commentary upon Stumpf’s (Tonpsychologie) and James’s main books (The Principles of Psychology, The Varieties of Religious Experience), and many other works. The two friends also exchange views concerning other scholars, religious faith and metaphysical topics. The different perspectives of the American and the German (European) way of living, philosophizing and doing science are frequently under discussion. The letters also touch upon personal questions of historical interest. The book offers a critical edition and the English translation of hitherto unpublished primary sources. Historians of psychology and historians of philosophy will welcome the volume as a useful tool for their understanding of some crucial developments of the time. Scholars in the history of pragmatism and of phenomenology will also be interested in the volume.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : William James
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release : 2020-04-20
File : 314 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783110525533


Guide To Federal Records In The National Archives Of The United States Record Groups 1 170

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Genre : Public records
Author : United States. National Archives and Records Administration
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Release : 1995
File : 936 Pages
ISBN-13 : IND:30000042428965


Inventory Of Federal Archives In The States

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Genre : Archives
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Release : 1939
File : 384 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:$C168011


Guide To The National Archives Of The United States

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Genre : United States
Author : United States. National Archives and Records Service
Publisher :
Release : 1948
File : 934 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015071281029


Inventory Of The State Archives Of Wisconsin

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Genre : Archives
Author : Wisconsin Historical Records Survey
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Release : 1942
File : 550 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105015717189


Reading Henry James

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Henry James (1843-1916) has been championed as an historian of social conscience and attacked as a spokesman for social privilege. His Americanness has been questioned by nativists and defended by Brahmins. Critics took issue with his lucidly complex style. "It's not that he bites off more than he can chew, but that he chews more than he bites off," a contemporary complained. Although he was an acknowledged master in his final years, James' narrow readership has dwindled in the century since his death. This book examines allusions, sources and affinities in James' vast body of work to interpret his literary intentions. Chapters provide close analysis of Daisy Miller, The American, The Beast in the Jungle and The Wings of the Dove. His fascination with poet Robert Browning is discussed, along with his complicated relationship with Marian "Clover" Adams and her husband, Henry, who was the author of The Education of Henry Adams. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : George Monteiro
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2016-05-06
File : 186 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476665856


Unruly Waters

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Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation’s rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology.

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Genre : History
Author : Kenna Lang Archer
Publisher : UNM Press
Release : 2015-05-01
File : 290 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780826355881


Guide To Research Collections Of Former United States Senators 1789 1982

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Release : 1982
File : 760 Pages
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India Office Library And Records Report

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Author : India Office Library
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Release : 1971
File : 628 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015036739699