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What is the difference between philosophy and psychology?

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In context|uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between philosophy and psychology

is that philosophy is (uncountable) an academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism while psychology is (uncountable) the study of animal behavior.

In context|countable|lang=en terms the difference between philosophy and psychology

is that philosophy is (countable) a general principle (usually moral) while psychology is (countable) the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

As nouns the difference between philosophy and psychology

is that philosophy is (uncountable|originally) the love of wisdom while psychology is (uncountable) the study of the human mind.

As a verb philosophy

is to philosophize.

philosophy

English

(wikipedia philosophy)

Alternative forms

* philosophie (obsolete) * phylosophie (obsolete) * phylosophy (nonstandard)

Noun

  • (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
  • (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
    • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy , he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
  • (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
  • (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
  • (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.

    • Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * analytic philosophy * antiphilosophy * continental philosophy * personal philosophy * philosophize * philosophy of mind

    Related terms

    * philology * philosopher * philosophic * philosophical * philosophically

    Verb

  • To philosophize.
  • *, II.12:
    • Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying , Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.

    See also

    * * ideology

    psychology

    English

    (wikipedia psychology)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
  • (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
  • (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
  • (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
  • * 1970 , Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth , page 8:
    • For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
  • * 1969 , Victor Alba, The Latin Americans , page 42:
    • In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Related terms

    * psychiatry * psychiatrist * psychotherapy * psyche * psyched up

    External links

    * * English words prefixed with psych- English words suffixed with -ology