Publisher SeriesWilliam James Lectures
| The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea by Arthur O. Lovejoy 771 copies, 4 reviews | 1933 |
| An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth by Bertrand Russell 346 copies, 1 review | 1940 |
| How to Do Things with Words by J. L. Austin 1,278 copies, 8 reviews | 1954 |
| Om de menselijke waardigheid by Gabriel Marcel 15 copies | 1961 |
| Russell and Moore: The Analytical Heritage by A. J. Ayer 25 copies | 1970 |
| The Logical Basis of Metaphysics by Michael Dummett 102 copies, 2 reviews | 1976 |
| The Thread of Life by Richard Wollheim 64 copies, 1 review | 1982 |
| Unified theories of cognition by Allen Newell 49 copies | 1987 |
| The Place of Value in a World of Facts by Wolfgang Köhler 47 copies |
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- The William James Lectures were a series of invited lectureships at Harvard University sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Psychology, who alternated in the selection of speakers. The series was created in honor of the American Pragmatist philosopher William James, a former faculty member. It was endowed through a 1929 bequest from Edgar Pierce, a Harvard alumnus, who also funded the Edgar Pierce Chair in Philosophy and Psychology. (English, Publisher)