Dating : philosophy for everyone : flirting with big ideas /
Progressing from the first flirtatious moment of eye contact to the selection of a "mate," this enlightening book offers playful philosophical explorations of the dating game for anyone who has dated, is dating, or intends to date again. Offers amusing and enlightening philosophical insigh...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Series: | Philosophy for everyone.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- DATING PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Flirting with Big Ideas: An Introduction to Dating
- Philosophy for Everyone; PART I GETTING STARTED: From Flirting to Dating; 1 The Philosophy of Flirting; 2 Good Girls Don't, but Boys Don't Either: Toward a Conservative Position on Male Flirting; 3 Love for Sale: Dating as a Calculated Exchange; 4 The Dating Elevator: Pushing the Right Buttons and Moving from Floor to Floor; PART II NO-NO'S: Dating Taboos; 5 Crazy in Love: The Nature of Romantic Love; 6 I'm Dating My Sister, and Other Taboos; 7 Just Pushy Enough
- 8 Buy My Love: On Sex Workers, Gold Diggers, and Rules GirlsPART III ROLLING RIGHT ALONG: Dating Like a Pro; 9 Against Matchmaking; 10 Hitting the Bars with Aristotle: Dating in a Time of Uncertainty; 11 I've Never Been on a Date (yet Somehow I Got Married!); 12 Morality, Spontaneity, and the Art of Getting (Truly) Lucky on the First Date; PART IV ANOTHER WORLD: Cyber-Rendezvous; 13 Dating and Play in Virtual Worlds; 14 How To Be Yourself in an Online World; PART V FROM DATE TO MATE: Natural Selection?
- 15 Evolutionary Psychology and Seduction Strategies: Should Science Teach Men How to Attract Women?16 Mating, Dating, and Mathematics: It's All in the Game; 17 Why Less May Be More: Dating and the City; Notes on Contributors
