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The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.

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  1. n. The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.
  2. n. the science of mental life
  3. The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul. Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena of the mind, or conscious subject, or self. Sir W. Hamilton.
  4. The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic orscientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul,so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the humansoul.Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena of the mind,or conscious subject, or self. Sir W. Hamilton.
  5. n:100 n. the science of mental life