This lesson discusses on what is eudaimonic life, human flourishing and its relationship with science and technology
Happiness according to psychologist
A mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
Happiness (according to behaviorists)
A cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive
Happiness (according to neurologists)
The experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival
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Hedonic view of well-being
Happiness is the polar opposite of suffering; the presence of happiness indicates the absence of pain
Eudaimonia
A term that combines the Greek words for "good" and "spirit" to describe the ideology of happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person
Eudaimonia (according to Aristotle)
The highpoint of happiness that can be attained by humans
Human flourishing
Likening humans to flowers achieving their full blooms
As time changes, elements that comprise human flourishing changed
Early people relied on simple machines then they developed more sophisticated machines to aid them in their endeavors that eventually lead to space explorations, medicine innovations, and life after death
Every discovery, innovation, and success contribute to our pool of human knowledge
Human's perpetual needs to locate himself in the world by finding proofs to trace evolution
Technology is a human activity we excel in as a result of achieving science
The end goals of both S&T and human flourishing: Goodisinherentlyrelated to the truth
Verification theory
A discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted
Verification theory has shortcomings as it can dismiss budding theories that lack empirical results, causing slower innovation and punishing resourcefulness of newer, novel thoughts
Verification theory fails to weed out bogus arguments that explain things coincidentally, like astrology
Falsification theory
As long as an ideology is not proven to be false and can best explain a phenomenon over alternative theories, we should accept the said ideology
Falsification theory allowed the emergence of theories otherwise rejected by the verification theory and encourages research to determine which among the theories can stand the test of falsification
Even though falsification method is more accepted, scientists are still not convinced that it should be regarded as what makes a discipline scientific
People who do not understand science are won over when the discipline is able to produce results