William S. Sahakian was an Armenian-American philosopher.
Education
Receiving his Bachelor of Science 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 Doctor of Philosophy degree from Boston University. Sahakian also received a Master of Divinity degree at Boston University in 1947.
Career
Sahakian"s dissertation 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 and psychology, 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),
Sahakian"s books have been translated in various languages. From 1949 until 1974, Sahakian served as the Chairman of Suffolk University"s philosophy department.
He was scheduled to begin serving again as the department head in July 1986, but, after suffering a massive heart attack, Sahakian died on 6 April 1986.
In addition to his work in psychology and philosophy, Sahakian served as a pastor in Massachusetts.