The Principles of Psychology, Volume III: Notes, Appendixes, Apparatus, General Index / Edition 3

by William James

Overview

The publication in 1890 of William James’s acknowledged masterpiece marked a turning point in the development of psychology as a science in America. The Principles of Psychology also became a source of inspiration in philosophy, literature, and the arts. When John Dewey reviewed it, he predicted that it would rank “as a permanent classic, like Locke’s Essay and Hume’s Treatise.”

Its stature undiminished after 91 years, The Principles of Psychology appears now in a new, handsome edition with an authoritative text that corrects the hundreds of errors, some very serious, that have been perpetuated over the years. Prepared according to the modern standards of textual scholarship, this edition incorporates all of the changes James made in the eight printings he supervised, as well as the revisions and new material he added to his own annotated copy. In addition, all footnotes, references, quotations, and translations have been thoroughly checked.

The complete text of the Principles, with footnotes, drawings, and James’s own index, appears in Volumes I and II. Volume III includes extensive notes, appendixes, textual apparatus, and a general index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674705555
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	12/01/1981
Series:	The Works of William James , #17
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	452
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Notes

Appendixes

1. Extracts from Collated Journal Articles

2. James's Annotations of His Private Copy of The Principles of Psychology

3. James's Preface to Ferrari's Italian Translation

4. Notes for The Principles of Psychology

A Note on the Editorial Method

The Text of The Principles of Psychology

1. The History

2. The Documents

3. The Editorial Problem

Apparatus

Emendations

Textual Notes

Historical Collation

Word-Division

General Index

Key to the Pagination of Editions

Editorial Reviews

The Principles of Psychology is simply a stunning achievement, a triumph of American scholarship… James’s versatility, as both writer and thinker, is evident at every point throughout this book. There is nothing out of his range. He provide[s] a lucid, masterful summary of the evidence bearing upon a given topic; [and] consider[s] both the overt and tacit arguments involved in the research… Principles represents the cumulation and synthesis of doctrine and learning; it is hard to imagine anyone else as perfectly positioned to write the definitive text on psychology.

Psychology Today

A permanent classic, like Locke’s Essay and Hume’s Treatise.

John Dewey