# The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1: chapter files

> William James, 1890. 17 Markdown files, one per section, 237,258 words in all. Whole book: https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/index.md · Plain text: https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/book.txt · Library manifest: https://operantconditioning.com/library/library.json

1. [Preface](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/01-preface.md) — 980 words, 0 footnotes
2. [Chapter I. The Scope of Psychology](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/02-the-scope-of-psychology.md) — 3,841 words, 3 footnotes
3. [Chapter II. The Functions of the Brain](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/03-the-functions-of-the-brain.md) — 21,444 words, 95 footnotes
4. [Chapter III. On Some General Conditions of Brain-Activity](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/04-on-some-general-conditions-of-brain-activity.md) — 6,865 words, 37 footnotes
5. [Chapter IV. Habit](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/05-habit.md) — 9,794 words, 19 footnotes
6. [Chapter V. The Automaton-Theory](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/06-the-automaton-theory.md) — 6,543 words, 6 footnotes
7. [Chapter VI. The Mind-Stuff Theory](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/07-the-mind-stuff-theory.md) — 12,643 words, 27 footnotes
8. [Chapter VII. The Methods and Snares of Psychology](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/08-the-methods-and-snares-of-psychology.md) — 5,377 words, 11 footnotes
9. [Chapter VIII. The Relations of Minds to Other Things](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/09-the-relations-of-minds-to-other-things.md) — 9,012 words, 17 footnotes
10. [Chapter IX. The Stream of Thought](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/10-the-stream-of-thought.md) — 23,051 words, 42 footnotes
11. [Chapter X. The Consciousness of Self](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/11-the-consciousness-of-self.md) — 40,411 words, 65 footnotes
12. [Chapter XI. Attention](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/12-attention.md) — 19,579 words, 65 footnotes
13. [Chapter XII. Conception](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/13-conception.md) — 7,942 words, 20 footnotes
14. [Chapter XIII. Discrimination and Comparison](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/14-discrimination-and-comparison.md) — 24,202 words, 57 footnotes
15. [Chapter XIV. Association](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/15-association.md) — 19,561 words, 49 footnotes
16. [Chapter XV. The Perception of Time](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/16-the-perception-of-time.md) — 9,763 words, 55 footnotes
17. [Chapter XVI. Memory](https://operantconditioning.com/library/james-principles-of-psychology-vol-1/chapters/17-memory.md) — 16,250 words, 51 footnotes