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Helga Kocurek

 

 

Areas of Interest

I am interested in philosophy of psychology and cognitive science, especially how cognition works and how it interacts with emotions. I also enjoy other topics in philosophy of science.

My dissertation investigates the relationship between psychological research on happiness and well-being and philosophical conceptions of happiness. Specifically, I am interested in finding out to what extent empirical results should be taken into account by philosophers developing theories of happiness. I explore whether philosophical research is prior to empirical research, or whether there should be interaction between the two.

Education

• MEd Secondary Education Mathematics and Chemistry
      Technical University Clausthal (Germany)
• MSCS Computer Science
      Texas A&M University (TX)