威廉詹姆斯,美国心理学家和哲学家,美国机能主义心理学和实用主义哲学的先驱,美国心理学会的创始人之一。除本书外,著有《信仰的意志和其他通俗哲学论文》(The Will To Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy,1897)、《实用主义:旧的思维方法之新名称》(Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking,1907)、《真理的意义:实用主义续编》(The Meaning of Truth:A Sequel to Pragmatism,1909)、《多元的宇宙》(A Pluralistic Universe,1909)等等。
目錄:
导 读
001
PREFACE
001
CHAPTER I.
THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY.
003
CHAPTER II.
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN.
018
CHAPTER III.
ON SOME GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BRAIN-ACTIVITY.
106
CHAPTER IV.
HABIT.
137
CHAPTER V.
THE AUTOMATON-THEORY.
172
CHAPTER VI.
THE MIND-STUFF THEORY.
196
CHAPTER VII.
THE METHODS AND SNARES OF PSYCHOLOGY.
245
CHAPTER VIII.
THE RELATIONS OF MINDS TO OTHER THINGS.
266
CHAPTER IX.
THE STREAM OF THOUGHT.
296
CHAPTER X.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SELF.
379
CHAPTER XI.
ATTENTION.
522
CHAPTER XII.
CONCEPTION.
597
CHAPTER XIII.
DISCRIMINATION AND COMPARISON.
627
CHAPTER XIV.
ASSOCIATION.
713
CHAPTER XV.
THE PERCEPTION OF TIME.
783
CHAPTER XVI.
MEMORY.
830
CHAPTER XVII.
SENSATION.
895
CHAPTER XVIII.
IMAGINATION.
949
CHAPTER XIX.
THE PERCEPTION OF THINGS.
995
CHAPTER XX.
THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE.
1070
CHAPTER XXI.
THE PERCEPTION OF REALITY.
1252
CHAPTER XXII.
REASONING.
1308
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE PRODUCTION OF MOVEMENT.
1367
CHAPTER XXIV.
INSTINCT.
1379
CHAPTER XXV.
THE EMOTIONS.
1453
CHAPTER XXVI.
WILL.
1510
CHAPTER XXVII.
HYPNOTISM.
1643
CHAPTER XXVIII.
NECESSARY TRUTHS AND THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIENCE.
1672
术语汇编与简释
1765