Autobiography of James S. Hyde

Personal Reflections on James S. Hyde

In honor of Dr. James S. Hyde’s contributions to the field of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fcMRI), we, the current and former graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty colleagues, and academic friends, dedicate this two-issue special Festschrift publication series to him. We begin this publicatio...

Autobiography of IVAN GUTMAN

James ’ s Empirical Assumptions by Henry Jackman

William James is well known for his rejection of materialism and his lifelong defense of what he referred to as, among other things, the “religious hypothesis.”1 Part of this defense can be understood in terms of James’s frequent identification with the “sick souls” who are highly sensitive to the evils in our world, rather than the “healthy minded” who are more disposed to either ignore or dow...

“ Horrible Impossible ” : Henry James ’ s Awkward Stage

It was not irritation he appeared to express, but the slight strain of an effort to get into relation with the subject. Better to focus the image he closed his eyes awhile. —The Awkward Age (207) In a now-familiar account of Henry James's career, the failure in the theater so spectacularly marked by the Guy Domville debacle of 1895 sent the bruised novelist back to the consolations of fiction a...

James de S Wijeyeratne: a musical doctor.

Dr Wijeyeratne wrote several books. Two of the books are specifically on music. His first book was Musical moments: a series of short essays (London: Reeves,? 1924). His second book was a novel. 77ie exiles: a tale of Ceylon student life in London (The Ceylon Morning Leader Press, 1926), dedicated to Miss Gladys de Soysa, his future wife. Even this book has two chapters devoted mainly to music,...