Tomasz Witkowski
Tomasz Witkowski (b. 1963) is a Polish psychologist and science writer, an expert on pseudoscience in psychology. Witkowski also engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
Biography
Witkowski studied psychology at University of Wrocław and after graduating he worked as a senior lecturer at the same university from 1988 to 1998. In 1993, he received a scholarship at University of Bielefeld and in 1997 he worked as an research assistant at University of Hildesheim.[1] From 2004 to 2007 he lectured at University of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is the founder of Klub Sceptyków Polskich (Polish Sceptics Club).
Witkowski authored several books, over 40 scientific articles and over a 100 of popular science articles[1]. He published scientific articles in British Journal of Social Psychology, Polish Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Social Psychology, Skeptical Inquirer and The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice.[2][3] Translation of the first part of his Zakazana psychologia will be published in January 2015 under the title Psychology Gone Wrong[4].
He is a recipient of the Rationalist of the Year, an award of the Polskie Stowarzyszenie Racjonalistów (Polish Society of Rationalists).[5][1]
Views
Witkowski is a staunch critic of the scientific validity of concepts like NLP[6], Adult Children of Alcoholics syndrome[7] or projective tests[3].
Books
Authorship
- Psychomanipulacje. Jak je rozpoznawać i jak sobie z nimi radzić (2000)
- Psychologia kłamstwa. Motywy, strategie, narzędzia (2002)
- Inteligencja makiaweliczna. Rzecz o pochodzeniu natury ludzkiej (2005)
- Zakazana psychologia. Tom pierwszy (2009)
- Zakazana psychologia. Tom drugi (2013)
Co-authorship
- Psychologia konfliktów. Praktyka radzenia sobie ze sporami (1995)
- Podręcznik trenera (2004)
- Psychologia dla trenerów (2008)
Notes
- ^ a b c Rada Naukowa, retrieved 21 October 2014
- ^ Świątek, Jarosław. "Tomasz Witkowski rzuca rękawicę NLP". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ a b Witkowski, Tomasz (2009), Zakazana psychologia (in Polish), Taszów: Moderator
- ^ Witkowski, Tomasz. "First reviews of our book". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Witkowski, Tomasz. "About me". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Witkowski, Tomasz (14 March 2011), "Thirty-Five Years of Research on Neuro-Linguistic Programming. NLP Research Data Base. State of the Art or Pseudoscientific Decoration?", Polish Psychological Bulletin, 41 (2): 58–66, doi:10.2478/v10059-010-0008-0
- ^ Głowacka, Karolina (13 May 2013). ""W psychologii jest mnóstwo szarlatanerii, wróżenia z fusów. Trzeba zdemaskować niecne praktyki" [WYWIAD]". Retrieved 21 October 2014.