International audienceWhat is a long and desirable life? The present paper puts forward some answers to this question on the basis of a philosophical approach. It aims to understand the quest for longevity, not to judge it. Far from the ambition to give a general answer to this question, it explores how “oldness”, defined as a lived experience, specifically shapes the conception of the quest for longevity. Does this quest mean a desire to keep on with adult life’s capacities, activities and rhythm? Or does it rather mean to enter a new phase of one’s life, with its own criteria, a phase you may want to experience for itself? This contribution first examines to what extent it is possible to formulate the idea of oldness as a specific “age of...
How long do people want to live, and how does scientific research on aging affect such desires? A du...
International audienceThe total life expectancy of a person changes continuously with age. This mech...
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of individual uncertainty regarding length of life...
International audienceWhat is a long and desirable life? The present paper puts forward some answers...
Today aging still refers to various theories, and the theoretical diversity seems even to accentuate...
Ageing and Long Life. During the XXIst century, no country in the world will escape demographic age...
There is no consensual definition of successful aging. The adjectives healthy, active, robust, and s...
The creation in France of a dependency benefit, soon replaced by an autonomy allowance specific to s...
International audienceSince the mid-20th century, scientist has been searching the components of suc...
Il ny a pas de consensus à propos du vieillissement réussi. Les termes vieillissement sain, actif, r...
International audienceThis paper deals with the body experience of ageing through research conducted...
This thesis is a contribution to the knowledge about the way French people, at the beginning of the ...
Cet article interroge le concept de “bien vieillir” en mettant en perspective les représentations sc...
Alors que l’espoir de vivre bien et vieux n’a jamais été aussi grand, pour un grand nombre le désesp...
This chapter suggests that “active ageing”, as a model of “ageing well”, tends to limit the realitie...
How long do people want to live, and how does scientific research on aging affect such desires? A du...
International audienceThe total life expectancy of a person changes continuously with age. This mech...
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of individual uncertainty regarding length of life...
International audienceWhat is a long and desirable life? The present paper puts forward some answers...
Today aging still refers to various theories, and the theoretical diversity seems even to accentuate...
Ageing and Long Life. During the XXIst century, no country in the world will escape demographic age...
There is no consensual definition of successful aging. The adjectives healthy, active, robust, and s...
The creation in France of a dependency benefit, soon replaced by an autonomy allowance specific to s...
International audienceSince the mid-20th century, scientist has been searching the components of suc...
Il ny a pas de consensus à propos du vieillissement réussi. Les termes vieillissement sain, actif, r...
International audienceThis paper deals with the body experience of ageing through research conducted...
This thesis is a contribution to the knowledge about the way French people, at the beginning of the ...
Cet article interroge le concept de “bien vieillir” en mettant en perspective les représentations sc...
Alors que l’espoir de vivre bien et vieux n’a jamais été aussi grand, pour un grand nombre le désesp...
This chapter suggests that “active ageing”, as a model of “ageing well”, tends to limit the realitie...
How long do people want to live, and how does scientific research on aging affect such desires? A du...
International audienceThe total life expectancy of a person changes continuously with age. This mech...
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of individual uncertainty regarding length of life...