Huh, I feel like the same issue would arise for (e.g.) eudaimonia, if we tried to spec out what it is we mean exactly by “eudaimonia.”
(My model here is that the psychological constructs are an attempt at specifying + making quantifiable concepts that philosophy had identified but left vague.)
Ah, yeah. I didn’t mean to suggest that the philosophers have it all worked out. What I meant is that I think the philosophers seem to share your goals. In other words, I (as a non-professional in either psychology or philosophy) think if someone came up to a psychologist and said, “I’ve come up with these edge cases for ‘life satisfaction’”, they’d more or less reply, “That’s regrettable. Moving on...”. On the other hand, if someone came up to a philosopher and said, “I’ve come up with edge cases for ‘eudaimonia’”, they might reply, “Yes, edges cases like these are among my central concerns. Here’s the existing work on the matter and here are my current attempts at a resolution.”
Huh, I feel like the same issue would arise for (e.g.) eudaimonia, if we tried to spec out what it is we mean exactly by “eudaimonia.”
(My model here is that the psychological constructs are an attempt at specifying + making quantifiable concepts that philosophy had identified but left vague.)
Ah, yeah. I didn’t mean to suggest that the philosophers have it all worked out. What I meant is that I think the philosophers seem to share your goals. In other words, I (as a non-professional in either psychology or philosophy) think if someone came up to a psychologist and said, “I’ve come up with these edge cases for ‘life satisfaction’”, they’d more or less reply, “That’s regrettable. Moving on...”. On the other hand, if someone came up to a philosopher and said, “I’ve come up with edge cases for ‘eudaimonia’”, they might reply, “Yes, edges cases like these are among my central concerns. Here’s the existing work on the matter and here are my current attempts at a resolution.”
Got it. I’m somewhat more bearish than you re: academic philosophers sharing my goals here. (Though some definitely do! Generalizations are hard.)