Paul Watzlawick

Paul Watzlawick was an Austrian and American philosopher, psychotherapist, university teacher, writer and communication scholar (1921–2007). He was born at Villach and died at Palo Alto.

Paul Watzlawick in brief

Born
1921
Died
2007
Known for
philosopher, psychotherapist, university teacher, writer and communication scholar
Place of birth
Villach
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Recognition and collections

Paul Watzlawick received Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna, Viktor Frankl Award and honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University.

Catalogued works

34 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1948 to 1984.

How Real Is Real? Cambio,. Das Auge des Betrachters. Pragmática da Comunicação Humana (Em Portuguese do Brasil). Vom Schlechten des Guten oder Hekates Lösungen. Shinui. Ficciones de la realidad. Wie Wirklich Ist Die Wirklichkeit? La construcción del universo. Terapia breve estratégica. Istruzioni per rendersi infelici. Stratégie de la thérapie brève. Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein. Vom Schlechten des Guten. R'Alit' de La R'Alit'. Confusion, D'Sinformation, Communication. La realidad inventada. El arte de amargarse la vida. America, istruzioni per l'uso. Change. Pragmatics of Human Communication. Munchausen's Pigtail. Lösungen. Die Möglichkeit des Andersseins. Münchhausens Zopf oder Psychotherapie und "Wirklichkeit". Man kann nicht nicht kommunizieren. Menschliche Kommunikation. Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein. Interaktion. Die erfundene Wirklichkeit. Sur l'interaction. Faites vous-meme votre malheur. The Interactional view. Aufbruch in neue Lernwelten. The invented reality : how do we know what we believe we know? contributions to constructivism / edited and with a commentary by Paul Watzlawick., dated [1984], held by Wellcome Collection. Marital studies and sex hygiene, dated 1948-1967, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Paul Watzlawick, ikuspegi sistemikoaren ikertzaile, Gogoa, 2008. Watzlawick, Paul, Personenlexikon der Psychotherapie. The craft of therapy: An essay-review of Change, by Paul Watzlawick, John Weakland, and Richard Fisch, and The Language of Change, by Paul Watzlawick, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1980. Paul Watzlawick: A Commemoration, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2007. Essenzen – Im Gespräch mit Paul Watzlawick, 2021. Ciência Crítica e Reflexiva da Educação: Desenvolvimentos e Perspectivas na Alemanha = Critical and reflexive educational science: developments and perspectives in Germany, Linhas Críticas, 2010. Se il catalogo parlasse, lo capiremmo? Cinque assiomi della comunicazione catalografica, AIB Studi, 2017. Tra persuasione e cambiamento. Considerazioni sulla terapia strategica di Paul Watzlawick, S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2012. Komunikologia – zarys teoretyczny i problemy praktyczne w świetle kształcenia kompetencji komunikacyjnych, LingVaria, 2014. Special Features of Communication in the People’s Army of Poland on the Example of Selected Memoirs of Soldiers Serving Compulsory Military Service in the Years 1970–1980, Polilog: Studia Neofilologiczne, 2023. Paul WATZLAWICK, John WEAKLAND et Richard FISCH (1975/1974), Changements – Paradoxes et psychothérapie, Communication, 2016. Il paradosso che cura. Comunicazione e terapia in Paul Watzlawick, S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2020. Teacher centers and teacher professionalism, Avances en Supervisión Educativa, 2006.

Digitised editions and texts

8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Istruzioni per rendersi infelici (1997) — Internet Archive. Münchhausens Zopf, oder, Psychotherapie und "Wirklichkeit": gesammelte Aufsätze und Vorträge (1992) — Internet Archive. Warum Wir nicht NICHT kommunizieren können — Internet Archive. Die Therapie des Als Ob — Internet Archive. El Sinsentido del Sentido (1995) — Internet Archive. Paul Watzlawick - Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein (1983) — Internet Archive. Die Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein — Internet Archive. How real is real? (1976) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Paul Watzlawick studied at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. the recorded working language is English, German and Italian.

The field of work recorded is psychotherapy.

Employment is recorded with Stanford University.

Distinctions recorded are Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna, Viktor Frankl Award and honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University.

Chronology

  1. 1921Paul Watzlawick born at Villach.
  2. 1983Paul Watzlawick - Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1992Münchhausens Zopf, oder, Psychotherapie und "Wirklichkeit": gesammelte Aufsätze und Vorträge digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1995El Sinsentido del Sentido digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1997Istruzioni per rendersi infelici digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2007Paul Watzlawick died at Palo Alto.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Essenzen – Im Gespräch mit Paul Watzlawick, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Paul Watzlawick (Internet Archive), 33 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Paul Watzlawick, ikuspegi sistemikoaren ikertzaile, Gogoa, 2008

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    The craft of therapy: An essay-review of Change, by Paul Watzlawick, John Weakland, and Richard Fisch, and The Language of Change, by Paul Watzlawick, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1980

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Watzlawick, Paul, Personenlexikon der Psychotherapie

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 10 articles naming Paul Watzlawick.

    open access index · Unverified

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    Internet Archive, 9 digitised items catalogued under Paul Watzlawick as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Paul Watzlawick.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q93781: Paul Watzlawick

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Paul Watzlawick”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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