WILLIAM JAMES

Title: WILLIAM JAMES
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WILLIAM JAMES

William James (1842-1910) William James was a philosopher and psychologist but was most well known in the field of Psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism, or the Functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." He was also the first Psychologist to be born in America. William James was born on January 11, 1842 in New York City. His father, Henry …showed first 75 words of 776 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 776 total…the course of William’s life he was not a follower, but a leader; he didn’t accept society’s way of popular thinking, he challenged it and made people believe what he thought was right. He made discoveries which will forever change the field of psychology and have inspired famous people in the sciences such as: John Dewey and Albert Einstein. These men had both used James’s theories and benefited greatly from them.

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