Flow and Meaning in Life: Some Empirically Informed Practical Lessons

It appears your Web browser is not configured to display PDF files. Download adobe Acrobat or click here to download the PDF file.

Click here to download the PDF file.

Creator: 

Mounouchos, Dionysia

Date: 

2020

Abstract: 

On Susan Wolf's well-known account of meaning in life, activities can add meaning to our lives only if we are actively engaged in those activities. My aim in this thesis is to uncover empirically informed, practical lessons about meaning, given Wolf's requirement of active engagement. After examining Wolf's account and defending that requirement, I look at the psychological research on "flow," which is the conceptual equivalent of active engagement in psychology. I then draw three important practical lessons about meaning in light of this research—one about activities that take us outside of our comfort zones, another about stress, and a third about trusting intuition.

Subject: 

Philosophy
Psychology

Language: 

English

Publisher: 

Carleton University

Thesis Degree Name: 

Master of Arts: 
M.A.

Thesis Degree Level: 

Master's

Thesis Degree Discipline: 

Philosophy

Parent Collection: 

Theses and Dissertations

Items in CURVE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. They are made available with permission from the author(s).