Phenomenological theory sees the self as a developmental social product, capable of change and centered around its fundamental need: the sense of adequacy. The self is both object (self …

Feb 11, 2010 · To describe what I have come to understand from James I will start by examining how he thought about the experience of self-consciousness. Let’s assume that we are aware …

William James (1890) CHAPTER X. The Consciousness of Self. Let us begin with the Self in its widest acceptation, and follow it up to its most delicate and subtle form, advancing from the …

His theory is foundational in psychology and philosophy, providing insights into how individuals perceive and understand their own existence. The self is divided into two distinct components: …

Jul 29, 2015 · Every thought, every psychological experience, is mine, or hers, or his, or yours. For this reason, he suggested, "the personal self rather than the thought [or consciousness] …

Three Components of the Empirical Self (or ME) William James used the term “the empirical self” to refer to all of the various ways people answer the question “Who am I?” His analysis is very …

Apr 6, 2024 · Perhaps James’s most enduring contribution to psychology is his theory of the self. He proposed that the self is composed of multiple aspects, including the material self (the body …

William James’s theory of the self can be succinctly summarized in terms of “one dual-ity” and “two trichotomies”: the duality of “I” and “me,” and the trichotomies of the “history of me”...

addresses a core concept in [William] James's psychology—the idea of selfhood / aims to state James's position, note some of the problems that this view presents for later psychologists, …

Apr 1, 2014 · Building on an emic conception of the self that William James articulated in his seminal chapter on the "Consciousness of Self" (1890/1950), this article defines the self as an …

In James's discussion of the self, selective industry is manifested as (1) the selection of identities to be valued and invested in and (2) the selective processing of information to support …

Topics discussed include self-feeling, self-seeking and self-preservation, rivalry and conflict of the different selves, what self is loved in "self-love," the pure ego, the pure self or inner principle of …

concerns James's views on matters of "personality," or Self / provides a transition from the more general conceptual and biographical essays to specific topics, as his essay concerns the self …

William James and contemporary research on the self: The influence of pragmatism, reality, and truth. In M. E. Donnelly (Ed.), Reinterpreting the legacy of William James (pp. 189–207). …