James' Naval History: A Narrative Of The Naval Battles, Single Ship Actions, Notable Sieges And Dashing Cutting-out Expeditions Fought In The Days Of Howe, Hood, Duncan, St. Vincent, Bridport, Nelson, Camperdown, Exmouth, Duckworth And Sir Sydney

Filosofo e psicologo statunitense (1842-1910), fratello del romanziere Henry. Dopo aver studiato negli USA e in Europa, iniziò la carriera accademica come "instructor in physiology" alla Harvard University, dove fondò il primo laboratorio statunitense di psicologia sperimentale. James pose le basi del funzionalismo e fu uno dei principali assertori del pragmatismo. Tra le sue opere: The principles of psychology (1890), Psychology: briefer course (1892), The will to believe (1897), Talks to teachers on psychology and to students on some of life's ideals (1899), The varieties of religious experience (1902), Pragmatism (1907), The meaning of truth (1909), A pluralistic universe (1909), Some problems of philosophy (1911), Essays in radical empiricism (1912).