Biography
Among eminent philosophers... the most personally impressive, to me, was William James. This was in spite of a complete naturalness and absence of all apparent consciousness of being a great man. — Bertrand Russell*There was, in spite of his playfulness, a deep sadness about [William] James. You felt that he had just stepped out of this sadness in order to meet you, and was to go back into it the moment he left you. — John Jay Chapman†
Contents
2. William of Albany and the "Prodigal Son"
5. The First Vocational Turn: Art and Its Foibles
6. The Second Vocational Turn: Science, Illness
8. The Metaphysical Club, a Budding Career, and Love
10. Psychic Research, the Principles, and Publication
11. Introducing 'Pragmatism' and the Gifford Lectures
12. Working Hard, Then Wearing Out
Appendix 3: Courses Taught at Harvard
Appendix 4: Bibliography – Biographies and Remembrances
*Source: Russell B. 2009. Eminent men I have known. In Unpopular essays, chap 11. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 163.
†Source: Chapman JJ. 1996. William James. In William James remembered, L Simon (ed), 53-57. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 56.
