the study of philosophical questions, such as the relation between mind and body, that go beyond the laws of experimental psychology
2.
any attempt to state the general laws of psychology
3. another word for parapsychology
Derived forms
metapsychological (ˌmɛtəˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl)
adjective
metapsychology in American English
(ˌmɛtəsaɪˈkɑlədʒi)
noun
speculation about the origin, structure, function, etc. of the mind and about the relation between the mental and the physical, regarded as supplemental to psychology