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Optimism, Pessimism and Physical Health
Psychological Topics, 2018 The effects of optimism and pessimism on physical health as well as potential mechanisms through which they exert their effects are reviewed in this article.
Igor Kardum +2 more
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Interpersonal Correlates of Pessimism
Psychological Reports, 1980 This study examined the relationship between feelings of pessimism and interpersonal behavior in a group of 91 normal, nonclinically depressed individuals. Correlational analysis was employed to assess the magnitude of the relationship between scores on the Hopelessness Scale and the FIRO-B.
T E, Malloy, B, Fyfe
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Suffering and Pessimism in Schopenhauer: Pessimism as Social Critique [PDF]
, 2015 El presente artículo investiga de qué forma la centralidad del sufrimiento en la filosofía de Schopenhauer sirve para fundamentar su pesimismo. Tres son los argumentos analizados: el lugar del sufrimiento en el mundo, su lugar en la conciencia humana y su lugar frente a la felicidad.
Cabos, Jordi; Universidad de Bremen
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InquiryDespite his opposition to Schopenhauerian pessimism, Nietzsche repeatedly characterizes himself as a pessimist of sorts. Here I attempt to take this assertion seriously and offer an interpretation of in what sense Nietzsche can be called a pessimist. I suggest that Nietzsche's pessimism has to do not with life in general, but with life in its common ...
Wolt, Daniel
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Schopenhauer's Pessimism [PDF]
, 2023 Optimism and pessimism are two diametrically opposed views about the value of existence. Optimists maintain that existence is better than non-existence, while pessimists hold that it is worse.
Simmons, Byron
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Pessimism and Overcommitment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Economic agents commonly use commitment devices to limit impulsive behavior in the interest of long-term goals. We provide evidence for excess demand for commitment in a laboratory experiment. Subjects are faced with a tedious productivity task and a tempting option to surf the internet.
Ek, Claes, Samahita, Margaret
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, 2017 This chapter articulates the essential features of an alternative compatibilist position, one that is responsive to sources of resistance to the compatibilist program based on considerations of fate and luck.
Paul Russell
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Towards the future of Europe: Social factors shaping optimism and pessimism among citizens
, 2021 For more than a decade, uncertainty about the future in most parts of the EU has been growing. Many people believe society is in decline and this has given rise to a general sense of pessimism.
Bericat Alastuey, Eduardo
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OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN GAMES [PDF]
International Economic Review, 2014 This article considers the impact of ambiguity in strategic situations. It extends the existing literature on games with ambiguity‐averse players by allowing for optimistic responses to ambiguity. We use the CEU model of ambiguity with a class of capacities introduced by Jaffrray and Philippe (Mathematics of Operations Research 22 (1997), 165–85 ...
Jurgen Eichberger, David Kelsey
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Teachers' optimism and self-regulation as predictors of readiness for professional development [PDF]
Nastava i VaspitanjeThis research examines the relationship between teachers' optimism/pessimism, primary and secondary control, and readiness for professional development in primary and secondary schools in Serbia.
Beara-Benjak Mirjana +1 more
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