Pioneers of Thought

Overview Albert Bandura is a Canadian-American psychologist born on December 4, 1925, best known ...

Overview Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was a British naturalist, geologist, and biologist, best know...

Overview René Descartes (1596–1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist whose ...

Overview Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist and a major contributor to modern sociology. He ...

Overview Erik Erikson was a renowned developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst, famous for coi...

Overview Leon Festinger (1919-1989) was an American social psychologist who made significant cont...

Overview Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist who is widely regarded as the fath...

Overview David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, w...

Overview William James (1842-1910) was an influential American philosopher and psychologist who i...

Overview Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who made signifi...

Overview John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one ...

Overview Karl Marx was a 19th-century philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolu...

Overview Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for proposing the Hierarchy of Ne...

Overview Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) was a highly influential American sociologist, considered o...

Overview Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) was a Russian physiologist and psychologist, best known for his ...

Overview Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist and philosopher known for his pioneering work in ch...

Overview Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a influential Genevan philosopher, writer, and com...

Overview B.F. Skinner was a renowned American psychologist and behaviorist, best known for his wo...

Overview Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and economist, widely considered...

Overview John B. Watson (1878-1958) was an American psychologist who is widely considered the fou...

Overview Max Weber (1864-1920) was a German sociologist, economist, and political scientist regar...