Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

SULLY, JAMES (1842– )

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 58 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

SULLY, See also:JAMES (1842– ) , See also:English psychologist, was See also:born on the 3rd of See also:March 1842 at See also:Bridgwater, and was educated at the See also:Independent See also:College, See also:Taunton, the See also:Regent's See also:Park College, See also:Gottingen and See also:Berlin. He was originally destined for the See also:Nonconformist See also:ministry, but in 1871 adopted a See also:literary and philosophic career. He was See also:Grote See also:professor of the See also:philosophy of mind See also:logic at University College, See also:London, from 1892 to 1903, when he was succeeded by Carveth Read. An adherent of the associationist school of See also:psychology, his views had See also:great See also:affinity with those of See also:Alexander See also:Bain. His monographs, as that on See also:pessimism, are ably and readably written, and his See also:text-books, of which The Human Mind (1892) is the most important, are See also:models of See also:sound exposition. Woxxs.—Sensation and See also:Intuition (1874), Pessimism (1877), Illusions (1881; 4th ed., 1895), Outlines of Psychology (1884; many See also:editions), Teacher's Handbook of Psychology (1886), Studies of Childhood (1895), See also:Children's Ways (1897), and An See also:Essay on See also:Laughter (1902).

End of Article: SULLY, JAMES (1842– )

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)
[next]
SULLY, MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE