James, William
An American philosopher and psychologist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was one of the first theorists to suggest that humans, like other animals, possess instincts. He also opposed then-dominant views by arguing that human identity is grounded not in metaphysics but in behavior.
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Novelist Henry James was William James's brother.
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How to use James, William in a sentence
His name is James William - the William was named after Prince William.
And yet sometimes he could not but think of the change that it might make if little James William Thorne were to die.
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