Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This article is a mutual introduction of the science of well‐being to philosophy of science and an explanation of how the two disciplines can benefit each other. In the process, I argue that the science of well‐being is not helpfully viewed as a social or a natural, but rather as a mixed, science. Hence, its methodology will have to attend to its specific features. I discuss two of its methodological problems: justifying the role of values, and validating measures. I suggest that tackling them calls for developing mid‐level rather than high theories of well‐being.
Source: Philosophy Compass
DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12203
Author: Anna Alexandrova
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1590827200