We're actually going to start a new blogsite this semester, at https://philoshap2.blogspot.com/ -- see you there!
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What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness - "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."
We're actually going to start a new blogsite this semester, at https://philoshap2.blogspot.com/ -- see you there!
jpo
"All habits need to be re-examined from time to time."
This @GreaterGoodSC podcast examines the practice of temporarily abstaining from something you find enjoyable. Featuring @michaelpollan & Dr. @DunnHappyLab. https://t.co/bH0Remkn1e https://t.co/LNmO6oJ7DQ
(https://twitter.com/HarvardCenterHH/status/1418658460753858560?s=02)
Those who reject false dichotomies are best. https://t.co/mmEb4cIOKR
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) July 27, 2021
A ball game, a book, and a brat: happiness
Posted on July 9, 2021 - ColumnsAt 17, Dara McAnulty is becoming one of Britain’s most acclaimed nature writers, with work that touches on his autism as much as the world around his home.
MONEYDARRAGH, Northern Ireland — While he carefully stepped from one moss-carpeted rock to another, Dara McAnulty outlined his rules for nature watching.
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“You’ll never see something if you bring a camera,” he said on this coastal stretch of Northern Ireland, “and you’ll definitely never see what you’re intending to find.”
His rules quickly proved true. McAnulty had wanted to use the ramble near his home to show off the local curlew population, but it was high tide — with waves sending salt spray spurting over the rocks — and there were no birds to be seen.
Instead, he squatted down to stare into a rock pool in search of his latest obsession: shrimp. Seaweed swayed in the water, but there were no signs of marine life. Then, suddenly, he noticed the smallest movement. “Oh, there’s a shrimpy boy!” he shouted. “Oh my God, it’s amazing. Can you see it? Can you see it?”
(continues) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/books/dara-mcanulty-diary-of-a-young-naturalist.html?smid=em-share
There’s a Specific Kind of Joy We’ve Been Missing
We find our greatest bliss in moments of collective effervescence. It’s a concept coined in the early 20th century by the pioneering sociologist Émile Durkheim to describe the sense of energy and harmony people feel when they come together in a group around a shared purpose. Collective effervescence is the synchrony you feel when you slide into rhythm with strangers on a dance floor, colleagues in a brainstorming session, cousins at a religious service or teammates on a soccer field. And during this pandemic, it’s been largely absent from our lives.
Collective effervescence happens when joie de vivre spreads through a group...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/opinion/sunday/covid-group-emotions-happiness.html?smid=em-share
From The New York Times: We Want to Travel and Party. Hold That Thought. How to grieve 16 months of sickness, death and isolation.
...Facing suffering head-on is not an easy task or one that’s encouraged in our culture, which values happiness inordinately. Telling or changing our story takes time, and it can be a painful process. But it’s a necessary one if we want to move past the brokenness of this difficult year toward a newfound sense of wholeness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/opinion/covid-pandemic-grief.html?smid=em-share