La Felicidad como Expectativa no Negadora: Una Fenomenología del Motor Existencial

This phenomenological and ethical essay addresses the paradoxical experience of feeling happy yet existentially stagnant. It questions whether happiness, as commonly understood, can act as a psychological buffer that neutralizes the drive for growth. Through introspective analysis, it distinguishes between passive sensory well-being and a deeper, active dynamic. The core of the work proposes an original operational definition: "Happiness is the expectation that, by not denying a possibility, allows for its fulfillment or understanding." This "non-negating expectation" is presented not as a mood but as an active process of consciousness—a hermeneutic-practical loop that both drives action to realize a potential and provides the lens to interpret its fulfillment as meaningful. The theory thus re-frames happiness from a static state of arrival into the very existential engine for meaningful praxis. It engages with eudaimonic philosophy (Aristotle) while aligning with a phenomenology of intentionality, formally describing the structure of consciousness open to the realization of the possible. [The complete essay is in Spanish.] This work is part of an expanding series of philosophical essays available and their expansions in the author's personal archive.