Mentalism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mentalism \mentalism\ n.
     1. a doctrine that mind is the only true reality and that
        objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Any theory of psychology that accepts introspective data


        about the functioning of the mind as a valid object of
        study; contrasted to {behaviorism}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mentalism
       n : (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and
           that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's
           awareness