Episode 205: Making Your Nervous System Your Ally (William James on "Habit")
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William James's Habit
William james was a psychologist first and wrote the principles of psychology. In this book though, along with the chapter on habit, he sort of has a famous discussion about will and free will. I think it took him a decade to write these, this two volumes. M, and and i think the story goes that when he was done, he just said, 'I'm turning to philosophy from now'
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