HES: ANN--Workshop: Subjective Measures of Well-Being and the Science of Happiness

[Erik Angner]

Of possible interest to some subscribers:


WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

Subjective Measures of Well-Being and the Science of Happiness:
Historical origins and philosophical foundations

Date: February 2-3, 2008
Location: Birmingham, AL


SPEAKERS 

Anna Alexandrova, University of Missouri­St Louis: 'Well-Being and Practical
Interests' 

Erik Angner, University of Alabama at Birmingham: ŒIs it Possible to Measure
Happiness?¹

Felipe De Brigard, University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill: 'If you like
it, does it matter if it's real?'

Dan Haybron, Saint Louis University: 'Externalism about Well-Being'

Eranda Jayawickreme, James Pawelski, and Martin E.P. Seligman, University of
Pennsylvania: 'Happiness: Positive Psychology and Nussbaum¹s Capabilities
Approach' 

Antti Kauppinen, University of St Andrews: 'Why the Shape of a Life Matters'

Don Ross, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Cape Town:
'Let Bentham stay dead: Why economics is not psychology'

Valerie Tiberius, University of Minnesota: 'Unpleasant Realities and the
Prudential Good'


FOR MORE INFORMATION

See: <http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~angner/swb.html>

Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to contact the organizer, Erik
Angner, at <angner at uab.edu> or 205-934-4805.



Erik Angner