PSYC 3125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: James James, American Psychological Association, Louis Agassiz
13 Mar 2018
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History of psychology: chapter 8 american pioneers: james, hall, calkins, and thorndike: the old-world pioneer was wilhelm wundt and his new-world american counterpart was harvard professor. In 1864, he enrolled in harvard"s medical school: a year later he interrupted his medical studies to go on a specimen-hunting expedition to the amazon led by. In 1870, he read an essay on free will-precisely the agency that seemed to be denied by mechanistic physiology. By the french philosopher charles renouvier: a more gradual element in his recovery came from reading the british philosopher and psychologist alexander. James"s general philosophy, which he later called pragmatism. In 1872, he received a crucial vocational opportunity when harvard"s president, charles eliot invited him to teach half of a newly instituted physiology course. Initially hired to teach physiology and anatomy, he soon altered his course"s title to the relations between.
