The Architecture of Existential Health: Toward a phenomenology of meaning, mortality and human flourishing
Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis July 1, 2026 Jim Palmer
Contemporary models of well-being remain incomplete because they overlook the existential dimension. Drawing on philosophy, phenomenology, anthropology, sociology and public health, this article proposes existential health as a fourth domain of human flourishing. It examines how individuals and societies relate to mortality, groundlessness, isolation, meaning, belonging and ecological...