Well-being, also known as prudential value, refers to whatever makes a life non-instrumentally good for the person living it. Well-being is the object of immense practical, philosophical, and scientific concern. Assessments of well-being help to guide our decisions in everyday life, from relationships, to health decisions, to education and career choices. Well-being is increasingly the object of governmental and institutional policy, and even policies that are not aimed directly at promoting it can be evaluated in terms of their impacts on well-being. Colleges and universities routinely offer programs designed to help students maintain their well-being in the face of academic and personal stress. However, debates over the nature of well-being have raged since the beginning of philosophical inquiry, leaving us in a bad position when it comes to making headway on addressing those practical and scientific concerns. The goal of this talk is to show how the application of naturalistic methodology can help us to resolve the philosophical stalemate and thus to make progress in our practical and scientific projects relating to well-being.
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Talk link — Email cruzdavis <at> umass.edu or jrc2266 <at> columbia.edu for the passcode
If you are reading this, you are likely someone who has done philosophy through the pandemic.
This conference is intended as a forum for voices of those who have done philosophy during this time. We invite abstracts on any topic for presentations of 30 minutes with 15 minute Q&A sessions. Please send abstracts to pandemicgenerationphilosophy@gmail.com
The keynote will be delivered by Eric Bayruns García.
We welcome any who would like to attend.
Location:
CUNY Graduate Center, Room TBA
Date and time:
Friday, April 21, 2023, 9am-5pm