Biographies

They say that history tends to hide the essence of truth, but only if it is sought. That details are obviated, secrets are kept and, often, reality is made up by giving it an interested touch. The...

Historian, psychologist, philosopher and social theorist. Michel Foucault was one of the great thinkers of the 20th century, whose ideas generated a great impact and exerted a great influence on the...

Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychological acquaintance, currently leader of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the "Harding Center of Risk Literacy". He is an important author who,...

Arnold Gesell was an American psychologist, philosopher and pediatrician who studied child development. His performance as a teacher and writer between the years 1920 and 1950, quickly positioned him...

Walter Dill Scott was an American psychologist who made many contributions to applied psychology, especially in the industrial area. As his biography shows us, Dill Scott laid many of the...

Ferdinand de Saussure is known as the founder of modern linguistics and semiotics, as well as one of the precursors of structuralism and poststructuralism. This is because, among other things, he...

Margaret Mead was one of the pioneers of cultural anthropology and American feminism in the second half of the 20th century. Among other things, he studied how social norms about sexuality, childhood...

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was the German philosopher and politician who founded modern communism along with Karl Marx. Some authors consider that the key to understanding the thought of Friedrich...

Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) was a Russian-American psychologist who contributed much knowledge to the theories of child development. He maintained a holistic perspective from which he proposed an...

John Searle (1932-) is an American philosopher renowned for his contributions to the philosophy of the mind and the philosophy of language. His proposals have had important repercussions not only in...