Conocimiento contra infelicidad: para una psicología epicúrea
Does knowledge contribute to happiness? And is science, especially Psychology, able to contribute to it? This is the issue tackled by the present review. It begins by comments on the current proliferation of self-help books in order to get a happy life. Then, some notes are presented on the philosop...
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Universidad de Málaga (UMA): Facultad de Psicología
2008
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| Sumario: | Does knowledge contribute to happiness?
And is science, especially Psychology, able to contribute
to it? This is the issue tackled by the present review.
It begins by comments on the current proliferation of
self-help books in order to get a happy life. Then,
some notes are presented on the philosophical tradition
on good life by Greek and the Enlightment thinkers.
Nowadays, however, this tradition is represented
by a high criticism of philosophy in front of self-help
and well-being literature. Turning now to the research
in science, in the Psychology, researchers have been
able to establish some of the conditions of well-being
or happiness: some of them are objective; others, such
as personality traits, are subjective. Thus, the question
is: Psychology, as a science, could remain "value- free",
in its research and in the use of the knowledge that it
provides? The final assumption and the challenge is
the defence of a Psychology, which proceeds in favour
of happiness, well-being, and pleasure. The tasks and
traits of such a science are briefly designed. |
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