Well-Being: Reality's Role

被引:1
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作者
Forcehimes, Andrew T. [1 ]
Semrau, Luke [2 ]
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Singapore, Singapore
[2] Vanderbilt Univ, 221 Kirkland Hall, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
关键词
well-being; mental state theory; experience machine; hedonism;
D O I
10.1017/apa.2016.23
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
A familiar objection to mental state theories of well-being proceeds as follows: Describe a good life. Contrast it with one identical in mental respects, but lacking a connection to reality. Then observe that mental state theories of well-being implausibly hold both lives in equal esteem. Conclude that such views are false. Here we argue this objection fails. There are two ways reality may be thought to matter for well-being. We want to contribute to reality, and we want our experience of the world to be veridical. Yet, if one accepts that reality matters in either of these ways, one must posit differences in well-being where no such differences exist.
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页数:13
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