Of possible interest to some subscribers: WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Subjective Measures of Well-Being and the Science of Happiness: Historical origins and philosophical foundations Date: February 2-3, 2008 Location: Birmingham, AL SPEAKERS Anna Alexandrova, University of Missouri?St Louis: 'Well-Being and Practical Interests' Erik Angner, University of Alabama at Birmingham: ?Is it Possible to Measure Happiness?? Felipe De Brigard, University of North Carolina?Chapel Hill: 'If you like it, does it matter if it's real?' Dan Haybron, Saint Louis University: 'Externalism about Well-Being' Eranda Jayawickreme, James Pawelski, and Martin E.P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania: 'Happiness: Positive Psychology and Nussbaum?s Capabilities Approach' Antti Kauppinen, University of St Andrews: 'Why the Shape of a Life Matters' Don Ross, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Cape Town: 'Let Bentham stay dead: Why economics is not psychology' Valerie Tiberius, University of Minnesota: 'Unpleasant Realities and the Prudential Good' FOR MORE INFORMATION See: <http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~angner/swb.html> Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to contact the organizer, Erik Angner, at <[log in to unmask]> or 205-934-4805. Erik Angner