Philosophical Foundations of Positive Psychology

• Autor: Alarcón, Reynaldo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ulima.edu.pe:article/1737
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Persona/article/view/1737
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: philosophical framework; ontology; epistemology; philosophical anthropology; marco filosófico; ontología; epistemología; antropología filosófica

This paper aims to establish the philosophical framework in which Positive Psychology bases its theoretical assumptions and its view as a philosophy of science. From an ontological standpoint, human beings are the entities investigated through their subjective experience, which is expressed through their behaviors. From the epistemological standpoint, this novel model of psychology is an empirical science, which adopts the hypothetical-deductive model, to determine if its claims have scientific content. From the philosophical anthropology standpoint, Positive Psychology has been influenced by Humanistic Psychology, which considers that humans are unique and unrepeatable beings, who flourish and strive to optimize their inherent psychological potential.