Quality of Life as a Philosophical Problem

Authors

  • Mariusz Wojewoda University of Silesia in Katowice

Keywords:

quality of life, value, development, satisfaction with life, culture of consumption

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of “quality of life” from the philosophical perspective. In contemporary scientific studies, the issue of quality of life is analyzed in sociological, political and medical aspects. The author of the article is looking for a philosophical model of theoretical reflection on the quality of life, he refers to this problem in the recognition philosophy of values. His research is based on the ideas of Max Scheler, and his later continuators. The author analyzes the problem of “quality of life” in the axiological, biological and cultural perspectives. The philosophical thought, and especially its axiological approach, is necessary to understand the phenomenon of quality of life in different contexts.

Author Biography

Mariusz Wojewoda, University of Silesia in Katowice

Projekty badawcze
  • Udział w projekcie w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego Kapitał Ludzki, realizowanego na użytek Wyższej Szkoły Bankowej w Poznaniu, oddział w Chorzowie.
  • Udział w projekcie UPGOW - Uniwersytet Partnerem Gospodarki Opartej Na Wiedzy, współfinansowanym ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Kapitał Ludzki, priorytet IV Szkolnictwo Wyższe, Działanie 4.1 Wzmocnienie i rozwój potencjału dydaktycznego uczelni oraz zwiększenie liczby absolwentów kierunków o kluczowym znaczeniu dla gospodarki opartej na wiedzy, Poddziałanie 4.1.1.
Sprawowane funkcje
  • Kierownik Kursu Przygotowania Pedagogicznego WNS, od 2004
  • Kierownik Podyplomowych Kwalifikacyjnych Studiów Pedagogiczno-Dydaktyczne w zakresie nauk humanistycznych i społecznych, od 2014
  • Dyrektor Międzynarodowego Centrum Postępu Społecznego UŚ, od 2015
  • Kierownik Zakładu Antropologii Filozoficznej i Kognitywistyki, od 2017

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Published

2018-12-24

How to Cite

Wojewoda, M. (2018). Quality of Life as a Philosophical Problem. Folia Philosophica, 40. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/FOLIA/article/view/6425

Issue

Vol. 40 (2018): Folia Philosophica

Section

Papers

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