William S. Sahakian

Who was William S. Sahakian?

William S. Sahakian was an Armenian-American philosopher. Receiving his BS at Northeastern University with a major in psychology and sociology in 1944, Sahakian later completed his graduate studies in philosophy at Harvard University and at Boston University. In 1951, Sahakian received his Ph.D. degree from Boston University. Sahakian's dissertation was entitled, The emotive ethic in contemporary British and American philosophy. Sahakian also received a Master of Divinity degree at Boston University in 1947.

Besides teaching, Sahakian was the author of numerous books on various topics in philosophy and psychology, including Outline-history of philosophy, Systems of ethics and value theory, Philosophies of religion, Psychology of personality; readings in theory, History of psychology; a source book in systematic psychology, Psychotherapy and counseling; studies in technique, Psychology of learning; systems, models, and theories, Psychopathology today; experimentation, theory and research, Social psychology: experimentation, theory, research, and Systematic social psychology,