Differences in Philosophical and Psychological Understanding of Subjective Well-Being

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10.2991/assehr.k.210805.057How to use a DOI?

Keywords

subjective well-being, philosophical, psychological understanding, differences

Abstract

This study discusses differences in philosophical and psychological understanding of subjective well-being (SWB). SWB is a state of how and why people experience their life positively, both cognitive and affective. This terminology is often interpreted as happiness (life satisfaction). Well-being has been a topic of discussion in philosophy for thousands of years, and the last few decades have become more crowded, especially in the field of positive psychology. When philosophy examines the fundamental understanding of SWB, psychology is more focused on empirical research. The two disciplines of philosophy and psychology have various theories regarding SWB. Although philosophy and psychology have different approaches to SWB, they can collaborate in an interdisciplinary manner to gain a more comprehensive understanding of SWB.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Raja Oloan Tumanggor
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/08
TI  - Differences in Philosophical and Psychological Understanding of Subjective Well-Being
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 350
EP  - 355
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210805.057
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210805.057
ID  - Tumanggor2021
ER  -