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Abstract

This article surveys the development of James’ views on the status of the psychological subject (Self); Contrary to the prevailing view, upheld especially by John Dewey and Ralph Perry, James’ 1904 article “Does Consciousness Exist?” does not represent the final stage of his thought.  This can only be found in his last book “A Pluralistic Universe” six years later in which the existence of the “Full Self” is reasserted. It is shown that the idea of a dynamic self was consonant with the process philosophy which James finally adopted.