Inglese 13-14
Lezioni 15-17
• Lezioni 15-16
– 17/1/2014
• Nozick on Happiness
Conferenza di N.L. Oaklander
• "What is the ontology of time?"
• Venerdì 9 Maggio (ultimo giorno di lezioni)
• Mattina o pomeriggio?
The main thesis
• 99 (MT) Happiness can be precious, yet ...
• 117(MT) Happiness is not the only ... as shown by the experience machine ...
Two reasons for MT
• p. 100 R1: increase of happiness is better than decrease (v. 101*: Kahneman & Tversky)
• p. 102 R2: we can show that more matters
than happines or pleasure [SAME THING?] by considering ... a life of bovine contentment ...
What is pleasure?
• p. 102* Freud pleasure principle vs. reality principle (to be contrasted with "the second relaity principle (p. 106))
• p. 103* ... what pleasure is ... pleasurable because of the felt qualities
• BUT, p. 104: " we care about things in addition to how our lives feel to us from the inside
• ENTER the experience machine ...
• Lezione 17 (manca la registrazione)
– 18/3/14
The experience machine
• R3: the experience machine
• pp. 104-105
• p. 106* the second reality principle
• R4 p. 107: sharing with other people