Phenomenology and Mind

No. 5 (2013): The Place of Values in a World of Norms
Session 1. Emotions

Affective Responses and Personal Flourishing

PDF
  • Luigina Mortari,
  • Federica Valbusa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-19569

Published 2016-11-26

Keywords

  • bildung,
  • affective responses,
  • exemplarity

How to Cite

Mortari, L., & Valbusa, F. (2016). Affective Responses and Personal Flourishing. Phenomenology and Mind, (5), 66–73. https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-19569
Copyright Notice

Abstract

The paper reconstructs, develops and discusses Scheler’s Bildung theory to highlight its relevance for educational philosophy. First, we point out that a personality flourishes through a process of progressive individuation which is modulated by affective maturation and promoted by the encounter with an exemplarity. Then, in order to avoid some limits of Scheler’s realism, we suggest rethinking these theses in the light of a new epistemological position (relational enactivism).

PDF