The Interdisciplinary Nature of Władysław Witwicki’s Psychological Investigations

Citlak, Amadeusz

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“…The psychology of Twardowski and his students was more often the subject of dissertations by philosophers than psychologists, only recently has it begun to enjoy greater interest, which can be seen in both the number of monographs and articles (e.g. Bobryk, 2001Bobryk, , 2014Citlak, 2016aCitlak, , 2016bCitlak, , 2019aCitlak, , 2019bCitlak, , 2019cJadczak, 1981;Kosnarewicz, 1989;Nowicki, 1982;Paczkowska-Łagowska, 1980;Plotka, 2019;Rzepa, 1990Rzepa, , 1991Rzepa, , 1997aRzepa, , 1997bRzepa, , 1998Rzepa, , 2002Rzepa, , 2019Rzepa and Stachowski, 1993;Szmyd, 1996).…”

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“… 10. I don’t deny psychobiography at all, but I do have objections to the correctness of Witwicki’s research. Witwicki ascribed to Jesus the tendency for the humiliation of people and subtle manipulation of the level of abstraction vs concreteness in describing Jesus’ behavior in his Gospel translation (it was an important linguistic tool for creating a new image of Jesus, see Citlak, 2016b, 2019a, 2019b; Maas et al, 2006). …”

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Psychology of religion in the theories and research of the Lvov-Warsaw School (basic achievements and developments)

Citlak

2021

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

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This article presents the basic achievements of the psychology of religion in the Lvov-Warsaw School of K. Twardowski, their developments and significance for the contemporary psychology of religion. Twardowski’s School existed parallel to other European psychological schools: the Würzburg School, founded by Oswald Külpe, and the Dorpat School of the Psychology of Religion, founded by Karl Girgensohn (unfortunately without mutual scientific relations). The article presents two research trends in the psychology of religion resulting from Twardowski’s works, specifically research on mental acts and religious beliefs with use of introspection and research in the field of cultural-historical psychology. The theory of acts and products, and the theory of cratism/power (similar to the theory of Alfred Adler) played crucial roles here. Psychological investigations into religious beliefs were also dominated by the psychological principle of contradiction, and the obtained results also seem to be important today.

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Psychology of religion in the theories and research of the Lvov-Warsaw School (basic achievements and developments)

Citlak

2021

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“…Later Witwicki moved to Warsaw where he received a professorship in psychology at the University of Warsaw. For more on Witwicki’s account of psychology, see Citlak (2019a, pp. 159–176).…”

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The origins and development of Leopold Blaustein’s descriptive psychology: An essay in the heritage of the Lvov-Warsaw School.

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2023

History of Psychology

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This article critically analyzes the concept of descriptive psychology, which was used by Blaustein as part of his struggles with the Brentanian heritage which shaped the Lvov-Warsaw School. It is argued that because of his studies under the Gestaltists and Husserl, Blaustein was able to redefine the basics of Brentano's and Twardowski's projects of empirical and descriptive psychology. To show the divergent motives present in Blaustein's psychology, the article presents a biography of Blaustein in the context of psychology in the Poland and Europe of his times. Next, it analyzes references to Brentano and to Twardowski. It is argued that because of Twardowski and his reappraisal of Külpe's experimental psychology, Blaustein accepted experiments as a necessary element of scientifically justified psychology. This thesis is also discussed in regard to the Gestaltists' influences on Blaustein. Next, the article explores Blaustein's idea of reforming psychology in the spirit of the humanistic psychology of Dilthey and Spranger. Blaustein's idea that phenomenology should be understood as descriptive psychology is discussed. Finally, his use of psychology to study media is discussed. Against this background, Blaustein's descriptive psychology is presented as an eclectic methodological device which was used by him to explore mental phenomena.

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The Oldest Psychobiography in the World? (Psychobiography of Socrates in the Lvov-Warsaw School)

Citlak

2021

Psychobiographical Illustrations on Meaning and Identity in Sociocultural Contexts

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The Interdisciplinary Nature of Władysław Witwicki’s Psychological Investigations

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Psychology of religion in the theories and research of the Lvov-Warsaw School (basic achievements and developments)

Psychology of religion in the theories and research of the Lvov-Warsaw School (basic achievements and developments)

The origins and development of Leopold Blaustein’s descriptive psychology: An essay in the heritage of the Lvov-Warsaw School.

The Oldest Psychobiography in the World? (Psychobiography of Socrates in the Lvov-Warsaw School)

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