Erik Angner, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Economics, and Public Policy, George Mason University

The so-called science of happiness — the systematic empirical study of happiness, understood as a subjectively experienced mental state — is both politically controversial and philosophically interesting. Erik Angner will discuss under what conditions such a measure of happiness can serve as a proxy for well-being.

Co-sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Economics and Friends of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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