Dating - philosophy for everyone : flirting with big ideas /: flirting with big ideas. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Dating and philosophy
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kristie Miller and Marlene Clark.
• Other Names: Miller, Kristie Lyn; Clark, Marlene
• Contents: Foreword (Joshua Wolf Shenk, Slate.com) . Acknowledgments (Kristie Miller, University of Sydney and Marlene Clark, City University of New York) . Flirting with Big Ideas: An Introduction to Dating – Philosophy for Everyone (Kristie Miller, University of Sydney and Marlene Clark, City University of New York) . Part I: Getting Started: From Flirting to Dating: 1. The Philosophy of Flirting (Carrie S. Jenkins, University of Nottingham) . 2. Good Girls Don’t, but Boys Don’t Either: Toward a Conservative Position on Male Flirting (Emily Langan, Wheaton College) . 3. Love for Sale: Dating as a Calculated Exchange (Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia and Andrew I. Cohen, Georgia State University) . 4. The Dating Elevator: Pushing the Right Buttons and Moving from Floor to Floor (John Rowan, Purdue University and Patricia Hallen, Purdue University) . Part II: No-No’s: Dating Taboos: 5. “Crazy in Love”: The Nature of Romantic Love (Mary Beth Yount, Duquesne University) . 6. I’m Dating My Sister, and Other Taboos (Kristie Miller, University of Sydney) . 7. Just Pushy Enough (Anne Barnhill, Johns Hopkins University) . 8. Buy My Love: On Sex Workers, Gold Diggers, and “Rules Girls” (Kyla Reid, University of Sydney and Tinashe Dune, University of Sydney) . Part III: Rolling Right Along: Dating Like a Pro: 9. Against Matchmaking (Joshua S. Heter, St. Louis University) . 10. Hitting the Bars with Aristotle: Dating in a Time of Uncertainty (Richard Paul Hamilton, University of Notre Dame Australia) . 11. I’ve Never Been on a Date (yet Somehow I Got Married!) (Andrew Terjesen, Rhodes College) . 12. Morality, Spontaneity, and the Art of Getting (Truly) Lucky on the First Date (Christopher Brown, National University of Singapore and David W. Tien, National University of Singapore) . Part IV: Another World: Cyber-Rendezvous: 13. Dating and Play in Virtual Worlds (Bo Brinkman, Miami University, Ohio) . 14. How To Be Yourself in an Online World (Dan Silber, Florida Southern College) . Part V: From Date to Mate: “Natural” Selection?: 15. Evolutionary Psychology and Seduction Strategies: Should Science Teach Men How to Attract Women? (Hichem Naar, University of Manchester and Alberto Masala, University of Paris-Sorbonne) . 16. Mating, Dating, and Mathematics: It’s All in the Game (Mark Colyvan, University of Sydney) . 17. Why Less May Be More: Dating and the City (Marlene Clark, City University of New York) . Notes on Contributors.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 646.7709051; Dating (Social customs); Mate selection
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781444341386
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.