HUMAN FLOURISHING

AMPOON, NORALYN
ASENJO, MARY JANE
JACOMILLA, MICHALE
LUMBAB, RAUL JR.
Human Flourishing
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Coined by Aristotle
To describe the pinnacle of happiness attainable by
humans

EUDAIMONIA
Literally means good spirited
But is often translated into “human flourishing” in
literature
Human Flourishing
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EUDAIMONIA
Human Flourishing

As discussed in the Nicomachean Ethics, this arises as a result of

different components such as
Human Flourishing
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PHRONESIS FRIENDSHIP

EUDAIMONIA
Human Flourishing

WEALTH POWER

As discussed in the Nicomachean Ethics, this arises as a result of

different components such as
As times change, these elements changed as well.

People found means to live more comfortably, explore more places, develop
more products, and make more money, and then repeating the process.

Humans today are expected to be a “man of the world.”

Competition as a means of survival has become passé; coordination is the

new trend.
Human Flourishing
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EASTERN WESTERN
More community- More focused on the
centric individual
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Science ,Technology and Human Flourishing

The end goal of both Science and Technology and
Human Flourishing are related, in that the good is
inherently related to the truth.
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Science as a Method and Result

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4 Formulate conclusion and provide
recommendation.
3 Gather and analyze.

Conduct the experiment.

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Formulate the hypothesis.
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Determine the problem. Science’s reputation stems from the objectivity
brought about by an arbitrary, rigid methodology
Observe. whose very character absolves it from any
accusation of prejudice.
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Two Concepts of Science Claim on Truth

1. Verification Theory
2. Falsification Theory
Verification Theory
 The earliest criterion to distinguish philosophy and science

 Proposes that a discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted

in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted.

 Gives premium to empiricism and only takes into account those results
that are measurable and experiments that are repeatable.

 Failed to weed out bogus arguments that explain things coincidentally

where one employ such method with expectations on what to find and
would interpret things in line with said expectations.
Vienna Circle
 A movement in the early 20th century which espoused the verification theory
 A group of scholars who believed that only those which can be observed
shall be regarded as meaningful and reject those which cannot be directly
accessed as meaningless.
Falsification Theory
 The current prevalent methodology in science

 Asserts that as long as an ideology is not proven to be false and can best
explain a phenomenon over alternative theories, we shall accept the said
ideology

 Karl Popper is the known proponent to this view.

Although more accepted, scientists are still
not convinced that it should be regarded as
what makes a discipline scientific.
Science as Social Endeavor
 Science cease to belong solely gown-wearing, bespectacled
scientists at laboratories and a new view perpetuates a dimension
which generally benefits society.

 New school of thought on the proper demarcation criterion of

science emerged

 Philosophers presented alternative Demarcation that explores the

social dimension of science and technology:
Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher who
specializes in cognitive science, philosophy of
mind, and the philosophy of science and
medicine. In the philosophy of mind, he is
known for his attempts to apply connectionist
models of coherence to theories of human
thought and action. He is also known for HOTCO
(short for "hot coherence"), which was his
attempt to create a computer model of
cognition that incorporated emotions at a
fundamental level.
Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of
mathematics and science.

According to the demarcation criterion of

pseudoscience proposed by Lakatos, a theory is
pseudoscientific if it fails to make any novel predictions of
previously unknown phenomena or its predictions were
mostly falsified, in contrast with scientific theories, which
predict novel fact(s). Progressive scientific theories are
those which have their novel facts confirmed and
degenerate scientific theories, which can degenerate so
much they become pseudo-science, are those whose
predictions of novel facts are refuted
Helen Longino is an American philosopher of science who
has argued for the significance of values and social
interactions to scientific inquiry. In her work, Longino
discusses the social dimensions of scientific knowledge
and the relations of social and cognitive values. She
examines feminist and social epistemologies and their
implications for scientific pluralism. Rather than
suggesting that there is a distinctively female way of
knowing, Longino emphasizes the idea of "doing
epistemology as a feminist", an approach bringing with it
an awareness of the many ways.
David Bloor is a British sociologist. He is a professor in, and a former
director of, the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh. He
is a key figure in the Edinburgh School and played a major role in the
development of the field of Science and Technology Studies.[1] He is
best known for advocating the Strong Programme in the Sociology of
Scientific Knowledge, most notably in his book Knowledge and Social
Imagery.
Science and Results
 People who do not understand science are won over when the
discipline is able to produce results; however, science is not the only
discipline which is able to produce results.

Contemporaries of science
a. Religion
b. Luck
c. Human randomness

 Communities who don't have access science they can turn to

divination and superstition and still get the same results
 Richard Rorty -Educated at the University of Chicago and
Yale University, he had strong interests and training in
both the history of philosophy and contemporary analytic
philosophy, the latter of which came to comprise the main
focus of his work at Princeton University in the 1960s.

In Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Rorty

argues that the central problems of modern epistemology
depend upon a picture of the mind as trying to faithfully
represent (or "mirror") a mind-independent, external
reality. If we give up this metaphor, then the entire
enterprise of foundationalist epistemology is misguided. A
foundationalist believes that in order to avoid the regress
inherent in claiming that all beliefs are justified by other
beliefs, some beliefs must be self-justifying and form the
foundations to all knowledge
Science as Education
 Unjust irreverence of science
 Preference of science-inclined students
Science high schools
Competitions for aspiring students
Science and mathematics training
Science. Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
strand in Senior High School
 Educational system can hone and preserve students’ capacity to
entertain other options and decide for themselves the best
among all presented.
If one is really in pursuit f human flourishing, pursue it
holistically.
Aristotle’s Eudaimonic Person
 Required to be knowledgeable about science, among other
things of equal importance

 Posses intellectual virtues that will enable them to determine

the truth from falsehood or good reasoning from poor reasoning

 Thus, understanding that one should not focus on one aspect

alone
How much is too much?
o In 2000, world leaders signed the Millenium Development Goals
(MDG) that targets eight concerns, one of which is to forge a global
partnership for development.

o Economists believe that growth is the primary indicator of

development; however, world’s resources can only provide so much.

o Achieving growth for all might be fatal.

o Growth is not infinite: Growth = Illusionary notion of sustainability.

o Developed countries should not push forth more growth but

instead, adopt “de-development” policies.
Thank you for listening!