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The etymology of the word ‘psychology’ is “science of the soul.” Of all definitions of the subject this is perhaps the best one.
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von Wright, G.H. (2000). In Defence of Psychology. In: Friedman, M., May, L., Parsons, K., Stiff, J. (eds) Rights and Reason. Law and Philosophy Library, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9403-5_14
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