I am a Lecturer of philosophy at Rice University since July 2024. I got my PhD in philosophy from Syracuse University in August 2022. Before coming to Rice, I was an Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State. My research focuses on well-being (what is intrinsically good for us) and ill-being (what is intrinsically bad for us).
My current work is on grief and well-being. I argue that the pains of grief are uniquely positioned to help us get the goods of grief. I provide an account of the available goods that we can get through grief. Some of them are cognitive goods and some of them are emotional.
I have also worked on the relation between well-being, alienation, and resonance. For something to be good for a person, does she need to be able to see it that way? I argue that she does, but that objectivist views about well-being can explain that, contrary to widespread assumption.
Email: teresabruno@rice.edu
Rice website: https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/teresa-bruno-nino
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Teresa Bruno-Niño 