The Science of Happiness
When and Why Subjective Well-Being Matters
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery
Date & Time
November 5, 2015, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Description
Erik Angner, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Economics, and Public Policy, George Mason University
The so-called science of happiness — the systematic empirical study of happiness, understood as a subjectively experienced mental state — is both politically controversial and philosophically interesting. Erik Angner will discuss under what conditions such a measure of happiness can serve as a proxy for well-being.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Economics and Friends of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
Social Sciences Forum
socsciforum.umbc.edu
