- William S. Sahakian
William S. Sahakian (1922-1986) was an American
philosopher . Sahakian completed his graduate studies in philosophy atHarvard University and atBoston University . In 1951, Sahakian received his Ph.D. degree fromBoston University . Sahakian'sdissertation was entitled, "The emotive ethic in contemporary British and American philosophy".Besides teaching, Sahakian was the author of numerous books on various topics in
philosophy andpsychology , including "Outline-history of philosophy" (1968), "Systems of ethics and value theory" (1963), "Philosophies of religion" (1965), "Psychology of personality; readings in theory" (1965), "History of psychology; a source book in systematic psychology" (1968), "Psychotherapy and counseling; studies in technique" (1969), "Psychology of learning; systems, models, and theories" (1970), "Psychopathology today; experimentation, theory and research" (1970), "Social psychology: experimentation, theory, research" (1972), and "Systematic social psychology" (1974),With his wife, Mabel Lewis Sahakian (1921-1982), William Sahakian wrote and published several books, including "Ideas of the great philosophers" (1966), "Realms of philosophy" (1965)), "Rousseau as educator" (1974), "John Locke" (1975), and "Plato" (1977). [Anderson, Shirley. "William Sahakian, 1922-1986" "Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association." 1986;59(5):727-728.]
Sahakian's books have been translated in various languages.
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