William James and the Rise of the Scientific Study of Emotion

Emotion Review 6 (1):4-12 (2014)
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Recent attempts by philosophers to revive William James’s theory of emotions rest on a basic misunderstanding of James’s theory. To see why, one needs to see how James’s theory completed the transformation of the study of emotions from a study in moral philosophy to a scientific study. This essay charts that transformation.

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John Deigh
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The Principles of Psychology.William James - 1890 - London, England: Dover Publications.
The Principles of Psychology.William James - 1891 - International Journal of Ethics 1 (2):143-169.

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