{"product_id":"the-good-life-unifying-the-philosophy-and-psychology-of-well-being-9780190603809","title":"The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being","description":"Philosophers defend theories of what well-being is but ignore what psychologists have learned about it, while psychologists learn about well-being but lack a theory of what it is. In\u003cem\u003e The Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Bishop brings together these complementary investigations and proposes a powerful, new\u003cbr\u003etheory for understanding well-being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe network theory holds that to have well-being is to be stuck in a self-perpetuating cycle of positive emotions, attitudes, traits and accomplishments. For someone with well-being, these states -- states such as joy and contentment, optimism and adventurousness, extraversion and perseverance, \u003cbr\u003estrong relationships, professional success and good health -- build upon and foster each other. They form a kind of positive causal network (PCN), so that a person high in well-being finds herself in a positive cycle or groove. A person with a lesser degree of well-being might possess only\u003cbr\u003efragments of such a network -- some positive feelings, attitudes, traits or successes, but not enough to kick start a full-blown, self-perpetuating network. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough recent years have seen an explosion of psychological research into well-being, this discipline, often called Positive Psychology, has no consensus definition. The network theory provides a new framework for understanding Positive Psychology. When psychologists investigate correlations and\u003cbr\u003ecausal connections among positive emotions, attitudes, traits, and accomplishments, they are studying the structure of PCNs. And when they identify states that establish, strengthen or extinguish PCNs, they are studying the dynamics of PCNs. Positive Psychology, then, is the study of the structure\u003cbr\u003eand dynamics of positive causal networks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e represents a new, inclusive approach to the study of well-being, an approach committed to the proposition that discovering the nature of well-being requires the knowledge and skills of both the philosopher in her armchair and the scientist in her lab. The resulting theory provides a\u003cbr\u003epowerful, unified foundation for future scientific and philosophical investigations into well-being and the good life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Bishop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190603809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael A Bishop\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University in Tallahassee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929204965491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8e4cbfa2-b9f8-4553-9370-cfaaa1db239f.jpg?v=1647611282","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-good-life-unifying-the-philosophy-and-psychology-of-well-being-9780190603809","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}