William James Books

A classic study of conversion, mysticism, saintliness, melancholy, pragmatism, and individual religious life.

William James’s landmark psychology text on consciousness, habit, attention, emotion, will, and self.

James’s accessible lectures on truth, belief, experience, pluralism, religion, and practical consequences.

James’s essays on belief, doubt, rationality, moral choice, religion, and the risks of decision.

A key pragmatist text on truth, experience, belief, verification, reality, and philosophical method.

William James reflects on scientists, education, human energy and peace in essays combining personal recollection with psychological inquiry.