Essais d'empirisme radical

Published in 1912, this book is at the heart of James philosophical expericence. This text develops a new approach of consciousness, as much in pur expericence, relationships or activity. Major moment in american philosophical history.

Précis de psychologie

William James (1842-1910) is one of the most important figure of psychology in the 20th century. His counscousness' analyses have inspired many authors like Virginia Woolf or James Joyce, as well as philosophers like Husserl, Bergson or Whitehead. He is also at the start of an original philosophy known as radical empirism", which follows his psychology. The Principles doesn't quite stay within the bounds of psychology. As you will see from the citations (which are voluminous), James was also well read in the humanities, from abstruse philosophy to literary fiction.

L'entendement

David Hume's comprehensive attempt to base philosophy on a new, observationally grounded study of human nature is one of the most important texts in Western philosophy. The Treatise first explains how we form such concepts as cause and effect, external existence, and personal identity, and how we create compelling but unverifiable beliefs in the entities represented by these concepts. It then offers a novel account of the passions, explains freedom and necessity as they apply to human choices and actions, and concludes with a detailed explanation of how we distinguish between virtue and vice. The volume features Hume's own abstract of the Treatise, a substantial introduction, extensive annotations, a glossary of terms, a comprehensive index, and suggestions for further reading.

Thérapie du couple et de la famille

This classical offer an immediate practical initiation to professional health practitioners. It adresses as well anyone interested in family and the development of its members. Published for the first time in the United States in 1964, this book from Virginia Satir has become a reference book.

Although Science and Sanity is certainly a difficult book to read and understand, Korzybski's system can be easily taught to young children. The reason for this is that Korzybski summarized his system as a non-verbal diagram. Probably, the wisdom of thousands of books are represented non-verbally on that diagram! In his book Alfred Korzybski succeeds in presenting to his readers a distillation of many seemingly diverse branches of knowledge, including: Anthropology, Biology, Education, Logic, Mathematics, Neurology, Physics, Physiology, Psychiatry, Semantics, etc.

Vers une écologie d'esprit

Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of readers.