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faculty psychology

faculty psychology Faculty psychology is the view that mental abilities or “faculties,” such as will or reason, are treated as if they were real inner agents that produce and direct mental processes.

Faculty psychology is the view that mental abilities or “faculties,” such as will or reason, are treated as if they were real inner agents that produce and direct mental processes. In the source, this is presented as a mistaken style of explanation, because saying a mind has a faculty only means it is capable of certain kinds of mental activity.