William James's psychology and philosophy: Emotions and beliefs

Abstract

William James has been a leading thinker of his century, as well as for his contributions to Psychology and Philosophical work. However, it is rare to find studies that trace bridges of communication between the author?s developments in both disciplines, as some of them are focused on his contributions to experimental psychology and others in his pragmatist philosophy. In this paper, our overall purpose is to show what could be one of the possible lines of connection between Psychology and Philosophy of William James. We purpose to consider, in particular, to address one of the areas that we believe may serve as an interface between these disciplines, namely, the conception of the human mind that has formulated this author.