Streams of William James is a publication of the William James Society.
ISSN 1541-4647. 

See our information and guidelines about submitting material for upcoming issues. The contents of published issues are listed below.  Members receive this publication as part of their membership.  Libraries can obtain it with an institutional subscription.

Volume 1 (1999) consisted of three issues, totaling 80 pages.

Volume 2 (2000) consisted of three issues, totaling 68 pages.

Volume 3 (2001) consisted of three issues, totaling 84 pages.

Volume 4 (2002) consisted of three issues, totaling 93 pages.

Volume 5 (2003) consisted of three issues, totaling 92 pages.

Volume 6 (2004) is in progress.

Subscribers can access back issues online. For assistance, ask John Shook.

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We have a commitment to making this a pluralistic forum, where fans, scholars, and others in various phases of discovery of James, themselves, and the world, can feel comfortable to contribute. As editor, Randall may suggest further development before publication. However, we also want to allow a number of points of view to co-exist in this agora.

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Volumes

Volume 1, Issue 1 (Spring 1999)

• A Provisional Vision, by Randall Albright  p.1
• Reading William James, by William P. Coleman  p.2
• Why James? by Jonathan Levin  p.3
• Infectious and Inspiring, by Ian Evans  p.3
• James and The Web of Life, by Randall Albright  p.4
• Some WJ Statistics, by Randall Albright  p.5
• Busy, by Jason Gary Horn  p.6
• Significant Sorrows, by Jason Gary Horn  p.7
• An Influence: John Stuart Mill, by Randall Albright   p.10
• An Argumentation for Contiguism, by Michel Weber  p.11
• Facts and Explanations, by Sheldon M. Novick  p.13
• "More Day To Dawn" by Phil Oliver  p.14
• The Temper of a Pluralistic Naturalist, by Phil Oliver   p.15
• Philosophical Terms, William, & Charles Peirce, by Randall Albright  p.20
• Put yourself in the picture! by Randall Albright p.20
• William James, by Alice Boughton (1902)  p.20
• Meeting William James, by Greg Stone  p.21
• Membership Information, by Randall Albright  p.21
• Howard Gardner & William, by Randall Albright  p.22
• James and Emerson: A Humanistic Affinity, by William Hoyt   p.23
• By Chance, by Randall Albright  p.28
• Self-Portrait (1866) by William James  p.29
• Manuscript Page from VRE, by William James  p.30
• Emily Dickinson & William, by Randall Albright   p.31
• Special Thanks-and a Note, by Randall Albright  p.31
• Putting Aside Old Animosities, by Ben Kilpela  p.32
• Vorgefundenes, by Randall Albright  p.35
• Quotations, by William James  p.36
• Running Elephant, by William James (1865)  p.38
• Standing Brazilian Native American, by William James (1865)   p.38
• 95 Irving Street, A Museum? by Randall Albright  p.39
• Back Page  p.40

Volume 1, Issue 2 (Fall 1999)

• Recent Books, by Randall Albright  inside cover
• James and Emerson: A Humanistic Affinity, by William Hoyt  p.1
• A Pluralistic Universe draft manuscript page, by William James  p.4 
• The Polysemiality of the Concept of “Pure Experience,” by Michel Weber   p.5
• Robert Frost’s Dramas of Desire and James, by Richard Wakefield  p.8
• Getting It Right, by George Cotkin  p.9
• Pluralism, Rescher, and James, by Randall Albright  p.10
• Trapped in Limbo with an Analytic Philosopher, by Randall Albright  p.10
• An Appearance of Vehemence, by Mark Scott  p.11
• Notes on William James, by Mark Scott  p.13
• Pragmatism, A Look Ahead, by Randall Albright  p.14
• Neglected Centennial: The Birthday of Pragmatism, by Bill DeLoach  p.16
• What did WJ Believe? by Greg Stone  p.17
• William James Assn. in CA, by Randall Albright  p.18
• Membership Information, And An Invitation, by Randall Albright  p.18

Volume 1, Issue 3 (Winter 2000)

• Of Jamesian Interest, by Randall Albright   inside cover
• Frost’s Poetic Drama of the Will to Believe, by Richard Wakefield  p.1
• A Pluralistic Universe draft manuscript page, by William James  p.2
• Why I Took WJ to The Emergency Room, by Randall Albright  p.3
• William James Assn. in CA, by Randall Albright  p.5
• Grand Canyon Jan 4. 06; Letter and Picture from a Flyer that William sent  p. 5
• Un Vrai Chrétien de Chien, a page of a Letter from William to his son, Alexander   p. 6
• Jorge Luis Borges and WJ, by Jaime Nubiola  p.7
• Dogs and Instincts, 2 pages of a letter from William to his son, Alexander  p.8
• Nature and the Sacred: An Open Question, by Phil Oliver  p.9
• Ireland Sun Rays, by Bay James  p.12
• The Possibility For Tragic Obligations, by D. Micah Hester  p.13
• Is Life Worth Living? by Randall Albright  p.17
• Membership Information and An Invitation, by Randall Albright  p.18
• James’s Contiguism of “Pure Experience,” by Michel Weber  p.19
• Neglected Centennial: the Birthday of Pragmatism, by Bill DeLoach  p.23

Volume 2, Issue 1 (Spring 2000)

• Of Jamesian Interest, by Randall Albright  inside cover
• WJ and Post-Modernism, by Bill DeLoach  p.1
• The Case of the Yellow Bicycles, by Randall Albright   p.6
• William James, by Mrs. Montgomery Sears (1894-5?)  p.6
• How James Kidnapped Peirce, by Robert B. Talisse  p.7
• The Effects of Alcohol, by Mark Scott  p.11
• Postcards from William James to His Son Alexander, Spring 1905  p.12
• Deathbed, Presence, and Other Thoughts, by Various   p.13
• Various Quotes, by William James, with titles and additional information by Randall Albright  p.14
• Abandoned Monastery, by Bay James  p.15
• WJ and Bernard Shaw, by Randall Albright  p.15
• Membership and Invitation Information, by Randall Albright   p.16
• A New James Book, by Phil Oliver  p.16

Volume 2, Issue 2 (Summer 2000)

• William James Society Website, by Randall Albright  inside cover
• Polysemiality, Style, and Arationality, by Michel Weber  p.1
• A View of Yosemite, by William James  p.5
• Cards from California, from William James  p.6-7
• Simultaneous Worlds, quotes from William James  p.8
• The Meaning of Truth draft manuscript page, by William James (later released in book form in 1909)  p.9
• Nørretranders and James, by Randall Albright  p.10
• My Stroll with William James and Jacques Barzun, by David Dannenbaum  p.11
• A Writer for a Common Reader, by Patrizia Vallascas  p.14
• Orvieto’s Well, by Patrizia Vallascas  p.17
• Truth and the Fender Stratocaster, by Greg Stone  p.18
• An Advocate, by Greg Stone  p.19
• WJ and the Pragmatic Method: Potent and Plural, by Chris Peterson  p.20
• Discovering James, by Phil Oliver  p.22
• Membership Information  p.22

Volume 2, Issue 3 (Fall 2000)

• WJ in Books, by Randall Albright  inside cover
• Borges and WJ Revisited, by Matthew Stephens  p.1
• Ludwig Wittgenstein and WJ, by Jaime Nubiola  p.2
• Cliffhanger, by Bay James  p. 4
• "...a federal republic..." by William James  p.4
• 95 Irving Street Update, by Randall Albright  p.4
• First Libraries  p.4
• William James and John Dewey: A Common Vision, by John Shook  p.5
• WJ & Whitehead's "Philosophy of the Organism," by Leandro Martín Gaitán  p.8
• Whitehead's Axiomatization of the Contiguism of "Pure Feeling," by Michel Weber  p.9
• On William James's "Springs of Delight": The Return to Life, by Phil Oliver  p.14
• "Many Geniuses Coming Together": Placing William James in Context, by Bill DeLoach  p.16
• Concrete Possibilities: William James and the European Avant-Garde, by Eliza Jane Reilly  p.22
• Brute and Human Intellect, quote by William James, commentary by R.H. Albright  p. 29
• Membership Information,  p.30

Volume 3, Issue 1 (Spring 2001)

• WJ, as noted by some who knew him,  inside cover
• Crosscurrents and Side-Eddies: A 'Less Obvious Escape' from the Problem of (In-)Curable Evil, by Kipton E. Jensen  p.1
• WJ and Aldo Leopold: Reflections toward a Pragmatic Environmental Ethic, by Phil Oliver  p.5
• Reflections on the Shaw Memorial, by Randall Albright  p.8
• Sword Fight, by William James  p.10
• Making History: Jacques Barzun's Jamesian Work, by David Dannenbaum  p.11
• The Assassination of the Diadoches, by Michel Weber  p.13
• Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society  p.19
• "Fishing Boat," by William James  p.19
• William James in D.H. Lawrence  p.19
• Welcome, New Library!  p.19
• 2000-1 Essay Competition  p.20
• Membership Information  p.20

Volume 3, Issue 2 (Summer 2001)

• Membership Information and Fall 2001 Deadline   title page 
• Surmounting "Rationalism and Associationism" Controversies, by Renato R. Kinouchi  p.1  
• WJ: Quantum Mystic, by Dale A. Hildebrandt  p.5
• Degeneration by Max Nordau, the beginning of a book review by William James (1895)  p.7
• WJ and Delacroix, by various  p.8 
• Anxiety and Interpretation: Shaping the Experience of William and Henry James Sr., by Tadd Ruetenik  p.10
• Isabella Stewart Gardner and WJ, by Randall Albright  p.14
• WWJD: Would William James Doubt? by Paul Jerome Croce  p.15
• Denying the Good Samaritan: Morality and Value Assessment Through Learned Self-Regulation, by Allison P. Hobgood  p.16
• Fundamental Questions, by Leandro Gaitán  p.17
• "The One and the Many": WJ and his Contexts, by Amy Kittelstrom  p.18
• Divided We Stand: Pragmatism, Bergsonianism, Agency, and Intimacy, by Myron Silberstein  p.23
• Closer to the Threshold: Kagan, Temperament, and WJ's Varieties, by Lynn Bridgers  p.28
• Recent Books On WJ  p.34 
• WJS at a Conference  p.34 
• Upcoming Centennial of The Varieties of Religious Experience  p.34

Volume 3, Issue 3 (Fall 2001)

• Membership Information and Spring 2002 Deadline  title page
• WJ, Spiritualism, and Unconsciousness "Beyond the Margin," by Krister Knapp  p.1
• WJ and Robert Louis Stevenson: The Importance of Emotion, by Jack M. Barbalet  p.6
• The Nature of Experience in William James and Buddha, by Nishani Gunawardane  p.10
• WJ and Niels Bohr  p.13
• WJ and Theology  p.13
• The Hierarchy of the Me's  p.13
• WJ and Borges Again: The Riddle of the Correspondence with Macedonio Fernández, by Jaime Nubiola  p.14
• WJ and John Dewey: A Contentious Partnership, by John R. Shook  p.16
• Philosophy Now  p.20
• Photo Cards Owned by William James  p.21
• Top Ten List of Tips for Reading William James, by Bill DeLoach  p.22
• WJ and William Morris Hunt, by Randall Albright  p.25
• Self Portrait by William Morris Hunt (1866)  p.27
• Artists Wanted!  p.28
• 2001-2 Student Essay Contests  p.28
• Call for American Psychological Association Proposals on The Varieties of Religious Experience  p.28
• WJ at Meetings and Lectures  p.29
• Call for Papers: Special Issue of Streams of William James  p.29
• Thoughts to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. by William James  p.30

Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2002)

• Membership Information  title page
• Call for Papers & Visual Art  title page
• 2001 Support  inside title page
• Macedonio's WJ Photograph  p.1
• Edinburgh Conference on The Varieties of Religious Experience  p.1
• Choose Your Way, by Renato R. Kinouchi  p.1
• "Their Facts Are Patent And Startling": WJ and Mental Healing (Part One), by John T. Matteson  p.2
• WJ, Camus and McDermott: Crisis and Context,  by Michael W. Allen  p.9
• Varieties of Religious Experience (James), by G. K. Chesterton  p.13
• Whitehead's Reading of James and Its Context (Part One), by Michel Weber  p.14
• Thoughts on Varieties... from WJ in letters  p.19
• The Varieties of Religious Experience at SOWJ   p.20
• Awakening, by Dan Noyes  p.20

Volume 4, Issue 2 (Summer 2002)

• Membership Information  title page
• Call for Papers & Visual Art  title page
• Mysticism ("Rainbow Blesser"), by Cher Lynn  inside title page
• The Ideal Life as a Life of Ideals: "What Makes a Life Significant", by Eric Vogelstein  p.1
• "Their Facts Are Patent And Startling": WJ and Mental Healing (Part Two), by John T. Matteson  p.3
• Déjà Vu: "What Makes a Life Significant?" by J. Lynn McBrien  p.8
• Saint Francis, by Dan Noyes  p.11
• On the Reality of Evil: A Jamesian Investigation, by Sami Pihlström  p.12
• Special VRE Issues of SOWJ  p.22
• Varieties of Religious Experience Imagery, by Beth Reiter  p.22
• New Harvard UP Book on VRE  p.23
• WJS at Conferences  p.23
• William James and the Genuine Option: Religion or Nihilism, by Christian Noble  p.24
• WJ and the Craft of Tropes, by David Dannenbaum  p.31

Volume 4, Issue 3 (Fall 2002)

First Special Issue on The Varieties of Religious Experience
Historical Perspectives on the Gifford Lectures and the 1902 Text
Paul Jerome Croce and John Snarey,  Guest Editors

• Membership Information  title page
• Call for Papers & Visual Art  title page
• Introduction to First Special Issue: Honoring a Pioneer, by Paul Jerome Croce   p.1
• The Gifford Lectures on Natural Theology: Historical  Background to James's Varieties, by Hendrika Vande Kemp   p.2
• The Balance of James's Faith, by Ryan Snyder  p.9
• The Personal Paradox of William James's Varieties, by Michel Ferrari  p.13
• The Artificial Mystic State of Mind: WJ, Benjamin Paul Blood, and the Nitrous-Oxide Variety of Religious Experience, by Christopher A. P. Nelson  p.23
• A Challenge For Interpreters of Varieties, by Richard M. Gale   p.32
• Psychology and the Impasse of Reason: William James's Religious Experience, by Marcia Ian  p.34
• 2002-3 Student Essay Competition  p.38
• WJ at a Conference & in Books   p.38
• Internet Discussion on WJ   p.38
• WJS Business Meeting  p.39
• 2002 Support  p.39

Volume 5, Issue 1 (Spring 2003)

Second Special Issue on The Varieties of Religious Experience
Contemporary Perspectives on James's Psychology of Religion
John Snarey and Paul Jerome Croce, Guest Editors

• Membership Information  title page
• Call for Papers and Visual Art  title page
• Introduction to Second Special Issue: Contemporary Readings of the Varieties, by John Snarey  p.1
• Have We Engaged in a Colossal Misreading of James's Varieties? by Eugene Taylor  p.2
• Varieties of Religious Conversion: William James in Historical and Contemporary Contexts, by William Douglas Woody  p.7
• Quantum Change: Sudden Transformation in the Tradition of James's Varieties, by Janet C'de Baca & William R. Miller  p.12
• Self and Healthy Mindedness: James's Varieties and Religion in Psychotherapy, by Mark J. Krejci  p.16
• Spiritual Striving and the Unification of Personality, by Robert A. Emmons  p.21
• Overcoming Half-Hearted Surrender, by Peter Venable  p.25
• James on the Similarities and Differences between Religion and Psychic Phenomena, by Richard L. Gorsuch  p.26
• Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited by Charles Taylor, Reviewed by Jacob Lynn Goodson  p.30
• The Unity of William James's Thought by Wesley Cooper, Reviewed by Lynn Bridgers  p.31

Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer 2003)

Special Issue on European Perspectives on The Varieties of Religious Experience
Felicitas Kraemer, Guest Editor  

• Introduction, by Felicitas Kraemer  p. 1
• Varieties of Experience in Boutroux & James, by Mathias Girel  p. 2
• The Reception of WJ in Spain and Unamuno's Reading of Varieties, by Jaime Nubiola and Izaskun Martínez   p. 7
• James versus Nietzsche: Energy and Asceticism in James, by Sergio Franzese   p. 10
• Varieties of American Ecstasy, by Ramón del Castillo   p. 13
• The Athlete's Surrender: Activity and Passivity in The Varieties of Religious Experience, by Felicitas Kraemer   p. 17
• William James, by Gerhard Richter  p. 21
• Varieties Imagery, by Sylvia Gil  p. 22
• The Divided Self in Reconstruction, by Roland Pippes  p. 24

Volume 5, Issue 3 (Fall 2003)

• A Centenary Note, by Randall Albright p. 1
• "Philosophy" in The Varieties of Religious Experience: From Theology through the Science of Religions to a Science of Convictions, by Jacob Lynn Goodson p. 2
• Was William James a Phenomenologist?, by Charles A. Hobbs  p. 8
• The Role of Temperament in the Philosophies of Emerson and James, by Megan Mustain  p. 14
• Numbered Among the Jameses: The Address at the Emerson Centenary, by Trygve Throntveit p. 20
• Whitehead's Reading of James and Its Context (Part Two), by Michel Weber  p. 26
• 2003-2004 Student Essay Contest p. 32
• WJS at A Phil. A East p.32
• Call for Papers: The Fourth Annual Donald G. Wester Philosophy Conference  p. 32
• Book Reviews Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy by John J. Stuhr, Reviewed by J. Caleb Clanton  p. 33
• The Newsboys' Lodging-House or The Confessions of William James by Jon Boorstin, Reviewed by Jason Gary Horn   p. 34

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