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Philosophers defend theories of what well-being is but ignore what psychologists have learned about it, while psychologists learn about well-being but lack a theory of what it is. In The Good Life, Michael Bishop brings together these complementary investigations and proposes a powerful, new theory for understanding well-being.The network theory holds that to have well-being is to be "stuck" in a self-perpetuating cycle of positive emotions, attitudes, traits and accomplishments. For someone with well-being, these states -- states such as joy and contentment, optimism and adventurousness, extraversion and perseverance, strong relationships, professional success and good health -- build upon and foster each other. They form a kind of positive causal network (PCN), so that a person high in well-being finds herself in a positive cycle or "groove." A person with a lesser degree of well-being might possess only fragments of such a network -- some positive feelings, attitudes, traits or successes, but not enough to kick start a full-blown, self-perpetuating network.Although recent years have seen an explosion of psychological research into well-being, this discipline, often called Positive Psychology, has no consensus definition. The network theory provides a new framework for understanding Positive Psychology. When psychologists investigate correlations and causal connections among positive emotions, attitudes, traits, and accomplishments, they are studying the structure of PCNs. And when they identify states that establish, strengthen or extinguish PCNs, they are studying the dynamics of PCNs. Positive Psychology, then, is the study of the structure and dynamics of positive causal networks.The Good Life represents a new, inclusive approach to the study of well-being, an approach committed to the proposition that discovering the nature of well-being requires the knowledge and skills of both the philosopher in her armchair and the scientist in her lab. The resulting theory provides a powerful, unified foundation for future scientific and philosophical investigations into well-being and the good life.

Philosophical anthropology --- Psychology --- Well-being --- Positive psychology

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Welkom in 2068. Het klimaat is gered, onze steden genezen van betonschurft, onze lucht gezuiverd van cynisme, mensen werken om te leven en leven niet om te werken, en de 1% rijksten zijn naar Mars vertrokken. Vanuit de binnentuin van hun woonzorgcentrum, dat tegelijkertijd de kleuterschool van hun (achter)kleinkinderen is, blikt een stoet EPO-auteurs terug op 2021, het jaar dat de wereld begon te kantelen. De goede richting uit. Vergéét Mad Max, The Hunger Games, The Handmaid's Tale, sciencefiction hoéft niet apocalyptisch te zijn. Dit brievenboek is een vaccin tegen het pessimisme van onze tijd.https://www.epo.be/nl/sociaal-politiek/4998-het-rijk-der-vrijheid-9789462673250.htmlBekijk ook de filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5sCCaLI7ig

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- brieven (genre) --- maatschappijkritiek --- samenleving --- Sociologie --- Toekomstvisie --- Maatschappijkritiek --- Optimisme --- Positive psychology

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Money market. Capital market --- Organizational learning --- Organizational effectiveness --- Positive psychology --- Apprentissage organisationnel --- Efficacité organisationnelle --- Psychologie positive --- Efficacité organisationnelle

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"Brilliant, insightful, enjoyable, and inspirational. Rhett provides a remarkable analysis of appreciation of beauty that is both accurate and approachable. A pleasure to read!" —María Luisa Martínez-Martí, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain “In his book, Rhett Diessner presents a challenging perspective of theories and empirical evidences in the growing field of the psychological trait of aesthetic appreciation, or engagement with beauty, as he fine-tunes the term. Alongside the array of the newest scientific results the author unfolds his own aesthetic experience, sharing with us his thrilling and contagious sense of engagement with different kinds of beauty: natural, artistic, moral, and beauty of ideas.” —Pavel Sabadosh, Research Scientist, Laboratory of Psychology of Abilities and Mental Resources, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia “Rhett Diessner takes the reader on a fascinating journey through centuries and cultures, through scientific and artistic disciplines, through religion, philosophy and literature, to show why Beauty is “so profound, so deep, so meaningful” and “makes life worth living”. A unique combination of deep knowledge, empirical findings, anecdotes, and featured pieces of music that allows for lived-beauty while reading about beauty!" —Angelika Guesewell Schaub is Director of Research at the Haute Ecole de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg (HEMU), University of Applied Sciences HES-SO, Switzerland This book takes the reader on a grand tour of the empirical research concerning the personality trait of appreciation of beauty. It particularly focuses on engagement with natural beauty, engagement with artistic beauty, and engagement with moral beauty. The book addresses philosophers’ thoughts about beauty, especially the special emphasis on the intimate relationship between love and beauty; appreciation of beauty from an evolutionary standpoint; and the emerging science of neuroaesthetics. The book concludes with a consideration of beauty and pedagogy/andragogy, as well as methodologies to increase appreciation of beauty.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Aesthetics --- Psychological aspects. --- Positive psychology. --- Arts. --- Personality. --- Social psychology. --- Positive Psychology. --- Personality and Social Psychology. --- Mass psychology --- Psychology, Social --- Human ecology --- Psychology --- Social groups --- Sociology --- Personal identity --- Personality psychology --- Personality theory --- Personality traits --- Personology --- Traits, Personality --- Individuality --- Persons --- Self --- Temperament --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities --- Arts, Primitive