Published: 2025-01-25

Well-being and anti-reductionism in terms of the essence of man

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Abstract

The subject of the article focuses on the issue of the sense of human well-being. The concept of wellbeing, as defined by the World Health Organization, is synonymous with health, which is the state of good biological and physiological functioning of the human body, and not only the absence of disease or disability. Physical health is also related to the condition of the human psyche, then we are talking about psychophysical well-being. The individual's quest for well-being, however, does not only take place on the psychophysical level, but also has a spiritual / noetic dimension. The anti-reductionist approach to human dimensionality emphasizes that the human being is an integral unity that manifests itself in three dimensions: somatic, mental and spiritual, in which he can gain full and lasting well-being. The biopsychonoetic approach to the concept of well-being does not allow for a reductionist understanding of the dimensionality of a person, because it takes away the core of human existence, the deepest and most valuable potential of his existence.

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Gnat, K. S. (2025). Well-being and anti-reductionism in terms of the essence of man. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne, 57(1), 81–94. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ssht/article/view/17592

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2024)
Published: 2025-01-25


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Księgarnia św. Jacka

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