science of the mind

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Günter is attracted to Freud’s science of the mind because he believes that it alleviates unhappiness, but he is learning that the analyst can be distant and dictatorial, like some all-knowing but uncaring deity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

As Spirit Rock Meditation teacher Jack Kornfield has concluded, confirming Bielefeldt's fears, "Buddhism is not a religion. It is a science of the mind."

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2023

However, the Citizen Science bonanza has not contributed to all scientific disciplines equally, with many projects in zoology and astronomy but less in physics and the science of the mind.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2013

This is the business of philosophy, under whatever name it may be taught; for grammar, rhetoric, logic, and the science of the mind, are intimately blended, and should always be taught in connexion.

From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens

For, after all, the whole matter resolves itself into a question of psychology, or science of the mind.

From To Infidelity and Back by Lutz, Henry F. (Henry Frey)