Can intellectual well-being be an essential dimension of human flourishing?

Over the past thirty years there has been a huge increase in the

research on well-being in the humanities and sciences

social. In recent empirical work, flourishing is often

It refers to a standard translation of the Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia.

In Book X of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle characterizes the

Eudaimonia as a life of contemplation. Therefore, it turns out

It is striking that intellectual virtues are considered a component

eudaimonia is not frequently found in contemporary research.

This project will seek to answer whether well-being or intellectual well-being

It is an essential dimension of human flourishing, and also

It will explore whether intellectual virtues lead to intellectual well-being.

Through the study of intellectual well-being, this project will fill

a gap in research on well-being from theoretical approaches

and empirical. The proposed research aims to build

A bridge between virtue epistemology and positive psychology.

despite the fact that both disciplines share an interest in studying the

intellectual character, have generally developed in a

parallel rather than collaborative. This research will result in two

dissertations, a new scale for measuring intellectual well-being, seven

conference presentations and five manuscripts ready for publication.

During this project, graduate students will have the

opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary team, promoting the

development of the epistemic virtues necessary for this type of

intellectual property company. The project will also contribute positively to

consolidate an interdisciplinary research network of philosophers and

psychologists focused on the study of human character.