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Originally Posted by zen_tom
Webster's Dictionary Definition of Psychology:
Psy`chol´o`gy
n. 1. The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.
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I wouldn't use Webster's Dictionary as an authority on much of anything. "The science of the human soul"? Sounds contradictory. Science and soul do not go well together.
That said, psychology is most definitely a science, though some psychologists are more rigorous than others.