William James Society
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The William James Society (WJS) is an interdisciplinary professional society which supports the study of the life and work of American psychologist and philosopher William James
. The organization was founded in 1999. For several years, the WJS published a newsletter named Streams of William James. Since 2006, the society began publishing the peer reviewed academic online journal William James Studies.
William James
William James was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher who was trained as a physician. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and on the philosophy of pragmatism...
. The organization was founded in 1999. For several years, the WJS published a newsletter named Streams of William James. Since 2006, the society began publishing the peer reviewed academic online journal William James Studies.
Current and Past Presidents of the WJS
- D.Micah Hester (2011-2012)
- Paul Croce (2009-2010)
- David Lamberth (2008)
- John LachsJohn LachsJohn Lachs is the Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where he has taught since 1967. Lachs received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1961. His primary focus is on American philosophy and German idealism.- Biography :Lachs has been a member of the Vanderbilt faculty since...
(2007) - Peter H. Hare (2006)
- William Gavin (2005)
- Charlene Haddock Seigfried (2004)
- Linda Simon (2003)
- John J. McDermott (2002)