psychologism
A philosophical position that reduces logic, epistemology, or other disciplines to psychological processes. Used mainly in academic contexts.
Husserl criticized psychologism.
Psychologism in logic attempts to reduce logical laws to psychological laws.
Compound of 心理 (shinri, 'psychology') and 主義 (shugi, '-ism'). The term is a direct translation of the Western philosophical concept 'psychologism'.