metapsychology

Philosophical inquiry or theory supplementing the empirical science of psychology. Metapsychology deals with aspects of the mind that cannot be evaluated on the basis of objective or empirical evidence.

A term formed on the analogy Of metaphysics to denote philosophical speculation regarding the mind, its origin, functions, etc., which is beyond the reach of verification by mental experience; metempirical psychology.

The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind.

A set of principles governing Freudian psychology.

Study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity.