William James's psychological pragmatism: Habit, belief and purposive human behaviour

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-345

  Lawlor, Michael S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional economics; Neuroscience; Pragmatism; Psychology; William James

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33646233460     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei062     Document Type: Article

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