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'''Metapsychology''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]:'' meta'', "beyond, transcending", and ''ψυχολογία'', "psychology")<ref name=OMD>[http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?metapsychology Metapsychology Online Medical Dictionary]</ref> has two distinct meanings.
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==Psychoanalytic metapsychology==
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[[Psychoanalytic]] metapsychology is concerned with the fundamental assumptions of [[psychoanalytic theory]].<ref name=OMD>[http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?metapsychology Metapsychology Online Medical Dictionary]</ref>
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,the work of the [[Freudian analytic school]] and the subsequent development of [[object relations]]. This is the meaning emphasised by the [[APA thesaurus]]
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==Philosophical study of psychology==
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Metapsychology, as a [[speculative philosophy]], is a systematic attempt to discern and describe what lies beyond the facts and laws of psychology, such as the relations between body and mind or concerning the place of the mind in the universe.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metapsychology Definition of metapsychology at Merriam-Webster]</ref>
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Metapsychology (Greek: meta, "beyond, transcending", and ψυχολογία, "psychology")[1] has two distinct meanings.


Psychoanalytic metapsychology

Psychoanalytic metapsychology is concerned with the fundamental assumptions of psychoanalytic theory.[1] ,the work of the Freudian analytic school and the subsequent development of object relations. This is the meaning emphasised by the APA thesaurus

Philosophical study of psychology

Metapsychology, as a speculative philosophy, is a systematic attempt to discern and describe what lies beyond the facts and laws of psychology, such as the relations between body and mind or concerning the place of the mind in the universe.[2]


See also

References & Bibliography

Key texts

Books

Papers

Additional material

Books

Papers

Dissertations

External links

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