James the artist thus showed not simply what could be done with a philosophy grounded in science and ethics and enlarged to the scope of art, but what could be done by a philosopher who acted it out.

William James, MD: Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician by Emma K. Sutton. Chicago, 251 pp., £24, December 2023, 978 0 226 82898 5 Show More. Show More. W illiam James is famous for two things: his ...