Each book in this series takes a easy-to-understand philosophic look at a particular aspect of everyday life or pop culture. Original.
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?
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.
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.
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. It offers amusing and enlightening philosophical insights into the dating game.
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 game
- Helps demystify coupling in the 21st century for those young daters just entering the fray, and those veterans returning to the game
- Features contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, communications, theology, economics, health sciences, professional ethics, and engineering and applied sciences
- Opens with Carrie Jenkins’ ground-breaking essay, The Philosophy of Flirting, first published in The Philosopher’s Magazine