The Victorian's Guide to Consciousness: Essays Marking the Centenary of William James (Journal of Consciousness Studies)

Allan Combs (Editor)

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A special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies to mark the centenary of the death of the pioneer psychologist William James. Contents include an Editor's Foreword (by Allan Combs) and a Psychological Commentary on the Essays (by Eugene Taylor). The main papers included are: Nineteenth Century Pioneers in the Study of Dissociation: William James and Psychical Research (Carlos S. Alvarado & Stanley Krippner); The Ever-New Flow of Time: Henri Bergson's View of Consciousness (G. William Barnard); Consciousness Already There Waiting to be Uncovered: William James's Mystical Suggestion as Corroborated by Himself and his Contemporaries (Jonathan Bricklin); Neurology and the Mind at the Turn of the Century (Allan Combs); Is There Awareness Outside Attention? A Psychological Perspective (Combs, Krippner & Taylor); William James, Conversion, and Rapid, Radical Transformation (Arthur Hastings); William James and the Search for Scientific Evidence of Life After Death: Past, Present, and Possible Future (Gary E. Schwartz); Who Was Frederic William Henry Myers? (Eugene Taylor).

  • ISBN10 184540257X
  • ISBN13 9781845402570
  • Publish Date 1 January 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Imprint Academic
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 216
  • Language English