Pierre Janet

Pierre Janet
Born
Pierre Marie Félix Janet

(1859-05-30)30 May 1859
Paris, France
Died24 February 1947(1947-02-24) (aged 87)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, philosophy, psychiatry

Pierre Marie Félix Janet (French: [ʒanɛ]; 30 May 1859 – 24 February 1947) was a pioneering French psychologist, physician, philosopher, and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory.

He is ranked alongside William James and Wilhelm Wundt as one of the founding fathers of psychology.[1] He was the first to introduce the link between past experiences and present-day disturbances and was noted for his studies involving induced somnambulism.[2][3]

  1. ^ Graham F. Reed, 'Janet, Pierre', in Richard Gregory ed., The Oxford Companion to the Mind (1987) p. 397
  2. ^ Blunden, Andy (2012). Concepts: A Critical Approach. Leiden: BRILL. p. 211. ISBN 978-90-04-22847-4.
  3. ^ Foschi, Renato; Innamorati, Marco (2022). A Critical History of Psychotherapy, Volume 1: From Ancient Origins to the Mid 20th Century. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-76750-6.