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The instalments of which this volume consists, were issued to the subscribers at the following dates - No. 27 (pp. 1 - 80) in March, 1871; No. 28 (pp. 81 - 160) in April, 1871 No. 29 (pp. 161 - 240) in June, 1871 3 No. 30 (pp. 241 - 320) in July, 1871; No. 31 (pp. 321-400) in October, 1871; No. 32 (pp. 401-480) in February, 1872 No. 33 (pp. 481 - 560) in June, 1872 and No. 34 (pp. 561 - 648) in October, 1872.
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"The font size for the paperback version is very small, it almost feels like font size 8. Quite terrible. This book is quite knowledge dense, with the small fonts, it makes reading this book very challenging."
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The Principles of Psychology Vol 2 Classic Reprint Herbert Spencer 9780365481294 Books Reviews
- Missing chapters 6, 7 and 21. For me the important omission is chapter 21 his chapter on perception and belief. What a waste. If these important chapters are missing, what else is missing under the guise of having an active table of contents and a pretty picture on the front. Don't bother purchasing this.
- I've been willing to revisit the second volume, particularly the discussion on will, and its relation to attention, and I was once more stunned by James accuracy and prescience. By and large, James century old writing is in alignment (and conversation) with contemporary approaches in neuroscience/neurophilosophy.
As another pleasant surprise, edition of the book was, far as I can tell, free of typos and erroneous punctuation/paragraphing (Used to be a frequent problem with 1$ editions of classic texts). - While in today's standards, this classic may not be easy to read by many, those who are hardcore fans of psychology like myself fully appreciate the foundation contribution of American psychology this book offers. While many of James' premises made in this classic have been proven false, you will see greatly appreciate what James gives us in the field of psychology. This is a perfect compliment to textbooks on the history of psychology.
- I was reading the Dover edition of this book when I bought my , so I actually have both hardcopy and digital versions to compare.
I'm grateful to the publishers for making this book available to readers at this low price. (I see there's another edition available for four times as much, but haven't tried it.)
However, there are problems with this edition which make it a little difficult to read.
For one thing, there is a Table of Contents, but you have to go back to page 1 and then "turn' the page forward to get to it. (Table of Contents is not enabled on the "Go to" Menu button.)
But you really wouldn't use the chapter headings that often, I think. What I mainly want to do is find out how long a chapter is - how many pages are left before I'll have finished it - and the TOC doesn't help you do this since there are no page numbers on the TOC.
The publisher has actually embedded the original hardcopy page numbers in the text - for example, the place in the text where p. 216 (of the paperback Dover edition) starts has [p.216] embedded in this edition. So, if James refers to something he says on a previous page, you can search it.
A second problem (and probably the most problematical) is the number of typos. The digital scanner messes up - well, I wouldn't say a whole lot, but enough to be annoying and at rare times to interfere with my understanding of the book.
There are lots of "fin" when it should be "fill," "me" when it should be "we." Many places that should be italicized aren't, and many words are italicized that shouldn't be. Sometimes a word is left out for ex., right between pp.94-95 of Vol. II, the phrase that should be "by far the greater number are vertical lines" is rendered "by far the a number are vertical lines." Farther down on P. 95, the phrase "In the chapter on Sensation we saw that many illusions..." is rendered "In the chapter on Sensation sew that many illusions..."
On page 149 there is a sentence which this version has rendered, "If these latter be catches in the circle of vision, the former are certain other patches between them." That's actually supposed to be "patches" in both instances, and no "catches."
On the other hand, there are times when the text goes on for pages without one error. They seem to come and go in drifts.
Once again, this sort of thing wouldn't matter much in a lighter book, and aren't really that fatal even here - James gives many examples of what he means, and so much of the book is deep into minutiae that you don't need to understand every little thing. And there are many parts of the edition that have no typo for pages and pages. Still, it's annoying and distracting enough for me to often switch back to paper. (Then I switch back to the because it's so convenient.)
A third problem is that, as anyone familiar with this book knows, there are lots and lots of footnotes. In the Dover edition, these footnotes are, of course, at the bottom of the page. You can scan them quickly and decide whether you want to read them or not. In the edition, they are at the end of the chapter, unlinked. So if you want to read a footnote, you need to bookmark the end of the chapter and then flip through the bookmarks to get the one our of 50 or 60 that you want.
All in all, I can't say that I recommend reading the Principles of Psychology on this edition. Ideally, someone would go through this edition and fix all the typos, then create lots and lots of links all through it. But for $2 a copy, I can see why they wouldn't. - must have book for any psychologist. this is classic. James is father of american psychology
- Given the "all but unusable" comment by another reviewer, I thought I would point out the positives of the updated work. It has both a linked TOC, as indicated in its title, and is replete with images. In its current state it is far, far away from unusable. I would also point out that there are other releases that have no TOC, or have no images. At lease one of those is (currently) greater than four times the price of this release.
Based on the several releases of this work from various publishers I easily rate this one as the best I have seen. I look forward to spending some time with it. - The font size for the paperback version is very small, it almost feels like font size 8. Quite terrible. This book is quite knowledge dense, with the small fonts, it makes reading this book very challenging.
- Fascinating Read.
