William James

William James studied at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard University. training under William Morris Hunt and Pierre Janet is recorded. Edward Thorndike, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy and Mary Whiton Calkins are recorded as having studied under William James. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is philosophy and psychology. The authority associates the name with pragmatism and functional psychology. Blaise Pascal and Ralph Waldo Emerson are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with Harvard University. Positions recorded include President of the American Psychological Association. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Psychological Association and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Works named in the authority record are The Principles of Psychology, The Varieties of Religious Experience and Essays in Radical Empiricism.