Consciousness and the self

Consciousness has been an enduring concern for psychology.

Calkins, M. W. (1906). A reconciliation between structural and functional psychology. Psychological Review, 13, 61-81. (Should we approach psychology from a structural or a functional point of view? Mary Calkins distinguishes these two points of view, and suggests that the "self" is an important psychological concept to address the differences between the two viewpoints.)

• http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Calkins/reconciliation.htm

Calkins, M. W. (1915). The self in scientific psychology. American Journal of Psychology, 26, 495-524.

• http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Calkins/self.htm

James, W. (1890). The consciousness of self. Chapter 10 in The Principles of Psychology.

• http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/James/Principles/prin10.htm

James, W. (1895). The knowing of things together. Psychological Review, 2, 105-124. Reprinted in E. R. Hilgard (Ed.), American psychology in historical perspective (pp. 37-51). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Kendler, H. H. (2005). Psychology and phenomenology: A clarification. American Psychologist, 60, 318-324.

Rogers, C. R. (1947). Some observations on the organization of personality. American Psychologist, 2, 358-368. (Carl Rogers transformed therapy by focusing on the "self" of clients. Here is one description of his ideas.)

• http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Rogers/personality.htm

Ross, D. (2003). What to say to a sceptical [sic] metaphysician: A defense manual for cognitive and behavioral scientists. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. [prepublication draft]

• http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Ross-12192002/Referees/Ross.doc