| Portion of title |
Dating and philosophy |
| Series |
Philosophy for everyone
Philosophy for everyone. ^A1031222
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| Contents |
Flirting with big ideas: an introduction to Dating--philosophy for everyone / Kristie Miller and Marlene Clark -- The philosophy of flirting / Carrie S. Jenkins -- Good girls don't, but boys don't either: toward a conservative position on male flirting / Emily Langan -- Love for sale: dating as a calculated exchange / Jennifer A. Samp and Andrew I. Cohen -- The dating elevator: pushing the right buttons and moving from floor to floor / John Rowan and Patricia Hallen -- "Crazy in love": the nature of romantic love / Mary Beth Yount -- I'm dating my sister, and other taboos / Kristie Miller -- Just pushy enough / Anne Barnhill -- Buy my love: on sex workers, gold diggers, and "rules girls" / Kyla Reid and Tinashe Dune -- Against matchmaking / Joshua S. Heter -- Hitting the bars with Aristotle: dating in a time of uncertainty / Richard Paul Hamilton -- I've never been on a date (yet somehow I got married!) / Andrew Terjesen -- Morality, spontaneity, and the art of getting (truly) lucky on the first date / Christopher Brown and David W.Tien [sic] -- Dating and play in virtual worlds / Bo Brinkman -- How to be yourself in an online world / Dan Silber -- Evolutionary psychology and seduction strategies: should science teach men how to attract women? / Hichem Naar and Alberto Masala -- Mating, dating, and mathematics: it's all in the game / Mark Colyvan -- Why less may be more: dating and the city / Marlene Clark. |
| Abstract |
Speed dating, online dating, group blind dating, dating consultants...A booming dating industry is catering to an ever-increasing number of single adults in the twenty-first century, with the market for a mate now pulling in more than a billion dollars a year in the United States. So, how do we successfully attempt to navigate the dating minefield? -- |
| Abstract |
Progressing from the first flirtatious moment of eye contact to the selection of a "mate," Dating - Philosophy for Everyone includes a number of playful yet relevant essays for anyone who has dated, is dating, or intends to date again. -- |
| Abstract |
The vicissitudes of dating and mating are explored from a number of perspectives, all of which will help demystify coupling in the twenty-first century for those young daters just entering the fray, and those veterans returning to the game. --Book Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2010004708 |
| ISBN | 9781444330229 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1444330225 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
