| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Philosophy for Everyone |
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Philosophy for everyone.
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| Contents |
Cover; Editor's page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FLIRTING WITH BIG IDEAS; PART I: GETTING STARTED; CHAPTER 1: THE PHILOSOPHY OF FLIRTING; CHAPTER 2: GOOD GIRLS DON'T, BUT BOYS DON'T EITHER; Flirting and Courtship; Conservative Ideology; Power Dynamics and Relationships; Exploring the Views of Conservative Men; Timing and Reciprocity; Themes of Contradiction; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3: LOVE FOR SALE; Why Do We Date? A Brief History of Dating; Calculated Relationship Initiation and Maintenance |
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All "Perfect" Dating Relationships Stumble, but Not in the Same WayDating as a Particular Genre of Friendship; Against Unconditional Love; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4: THE DATING ELEVATOR; What Dating Is; The Elevator Image; Strategies; Elevator Ethics; Concluding Remarks; PART II: NO-NO'S: Dating Taboos; CHAPTER 5: "CRAZY IN LOVE"; The "Symptoms" of Love; What is Love?; The Biology of Romantic Love; Rejection in Love; Conclusion; CHAPTER 6: I'M DATING MY SISTER, AND OTHER TABOOS; Mere Social Conventions; Pseudo-Pathologies; Pathologies and Decisions; Pathology and Utility |
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CHAPTER 7: JUST PUSHY ENOUGHThe Difference Between Appropriate and Inappropriate Boundary Violations; Why Does Prospective Action Work?; Rules on Prospective Boundary Violation; Conclusions; CHAPTER 8: BUY MY LOVE; PART III: ROLLING RIGHT ALONG; CHAPTER 9: AGAINST MATCHMAKING; Happy Dating; The End of Matchmaking; Dating Lessons from the Animal Kingdom; For Friends or Family Members; CHAPTER 10: HITTING THE BARS WITH ARISTOTLE; Of Jerks and "Nice" Guys; Gurus of The Game; Aristotle: My Wingman; After The Game; CHAPTER 11: I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A DATE (YET SOMEHOW I GOT MARRIED!); Mind Games |
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Is It or Isn't It?It Takes Two; The Talk; The Friend Zone; Do You Like Me? Check Box, Yes or No; CHAPTER 12: MORALITY, SPONTANEITY, AND THE ART OF GETTING (TRULY) LUCKY ON THE FIRST DATE; The Kantian Gate; Dating as Flow and Cultivated Spontaneity; PART IV: ANOTHER WORLD; CHAPTER 13: DATING AND PLAY IN VIRTUAL WORLDS; "Is this man cheating on his wife?"; "Just a game"; Play and Dating; A Ludic Understanding of Dating; The Wizards of Dating and Their Hangers-on; The Moral Significance of a Ludic Conception of Dating; CHAPTER 14: HOW TO BE YOURSELF IN AN ONLINE WORLD; "Meeting" on the Internet |
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From Virtual to Real World MeetingDating, Objectification, and Self-Definition; Dating and Authenticity; PART V: FROM DATE TO MATE; CHAPTER 15: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND SEDUCTION STRATEGIES; Sexual Selection, Women's Preferences, and Mating Intelligence; The Seduction Community: Human Excellence and Empowering Social Art in a Post-Scarcity Era; Is It Wrong to Try to Raise Your Mating Intelligence?; Is Raising Your Mate Value a Good Thing?; A Deflationist Solution to the Problem; Conclusion: What About Women?; CHAPTER 16: MATING, DATING, AND MATHEMATICS; A Lover's Question; The Game of Love |
| Summary |
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 insights into the dating gameHelps demystify coupling in the 21st century for those young daters just entering the fray, and those veterans returning to the gameFeatures contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, communications, theolo |
| Notes |
Where Did Our Love Go? |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dating (Social customs)
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Mate selection.
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Courtship
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courtships.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Love & Romance.
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Dating (Social customs)
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Mate selection
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, Kristie
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Clark, Marlene
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| ISBN |
9781444324556 |
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1444324551 |
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