Comments on: The Philosophy of Flirting http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/ Donate to Oxfam: <a>Australian link</a>, <a>New Zealand link</a>, <a>UK link</a>, <a>US link</a>. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: HAlbertson http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/comment-page-1/#comment-4803 HAlbertson Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:17:48 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/#comment-4803 Interesting in-depth research ... more on the subject from MSN ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15198199/wid/11915773?GT1=8618 where the headline says, "Rrrowwr! Ovulating women dress to impress Females wear more jewelry, flashier clothes when they're fertile, study says" [ from Reuters ] H. Interesting in-depth research … more on the subject from MSN … http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15198199/wid/11915773?GT1=8618 where the headline says, “Rrrowwr! Ovulating women dress to impress
Females wear more jewelry, flashier clothes when they’re fertile, study says” [ from Reuters ]

H.

]]> By: Gillian Russell http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/comment-page-1/#comment-4772 Gillian Russell Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:44:32 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/#comment-4772 <blockquote>\"... To facilitate such decisions, it would be helpful to have a secure grasp on what flirting actually amounts to. And there are many other uses to which such a grasp could be put. If, say, one stands accused that one\'s own behaviour of the previous evening constituted an act of flirtation, one is equipped to respond to the accusation if one can point to some necessary condition on acts of flirtation which was not met in this case.\"</blockquote> This made me smile. Partner (in tears): you were flirting with him, Carrie! I saw you! Carrie: Darling, if you would only consult (Jenkins, 2006) you would realise that my sticking my tongue in his ear failed to fulfil i-iv) of the conditions necessary for flirting. Partner: Oh, that\'s ok then. Pass me that copy of <em>Nous</em> will you?

\”… To facilitate such decisions, it would be helpful to have a secure grasp on what flirting actually amounts to. And there are many other uses to which such a grasp could be put. If, say, one stands accused that one\‘s own behaviour of the previous evening constituted an act of flirtation, one is equipped to respond to the accusation if one can point to some necessary condition on acts of flirtation which was not met in this case.\”

This made me smile.

Partner (in tears): you were flirting with him, Carrie! I saw you!

Carrie: Darling, if you would only consult (Jenkins, 2006) you would realise that my sticking my tongue in his ear failed to fulfil i-iv) of the conditions necessary for flirting.

Partner: Oh, that\‘s ok then. Pass me that copy of Nous will you?

]]> By: jrthomps http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/comment-page-1/#comment-4771 jrthomps Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:42:09 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/#comment-4771 Speaking of success conditions on flirting, it is a traditional tenet of action theory that in order to intend to do X, the person intending to do X must have a belief that he or she can do X (or some such success condition). Those of us who lack some such belief may TRY to flirt, or HOPE to flirt, but can never intentionally flirt (strictly speaking), or so it seems. This might suggest that one need not have a belief that one can do X in order to intend to do X, but rather that one have no belief that one can't do X, or have no belief that X is improbable for me (the agent) to accomplish. But, given that I am an inept flirter, and I am aware of this fact, I'm not sure wheter I might ever really flirt again...Is there any real flirting for me im my future??? --Hopeless in Houston Speaking of success conditions on flirting, it is a traditional tenet of action theory that in order to intend to do X, the person intending to do X must have a belief that he or she can do X (or some such success condition). Those of us who lack some such belief may TRY to flirt, or HOPE to flirt, but can never intentionally flirt (strictly speaking), or so it seems.

This might suggest that one need not have a belief that one can do X in order to intend to do X, but rather that one have no belief that one can’t do X, or have no belief that X is improbable for me (the agent) to accomplish.

But, given that I am an inept flirter, and I am aware of this fact, I’m not sure wheter I might ever really flirt again…Is there any real flirting for me im my future???
—Hopeless in Houston

]]> By: Carrie Jenkins http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 Carrie Jenkins Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:12:01 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/#comment-4770 "you have given way too much thought to this" :) I tend to think that lack of skills will result in inept flirting and unsuccessful flirting, rather than a failure to flirt at all. “you have given way too much thought to this”

:)

I tend to think that lack of skills will result in inept flirting and unsuccessful flirting, rather than a failure to flirt at all.

]]> By: whitew http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 whitew Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:22:26 +0000 http://tar.weatherson.org/2006/09/13/the-philosophy-of-flirting/#comment-4769 Wow, Carrie, you have given way too much thought to this. But it seems to me that one might intend to flirt and, through lack of requisite flirting skills, fail. It's not *purely* a matter of one's intentions and beliefs, is it? Wow, Carrie, you have given way too much thought to this.

But it seems to me that one might intend to flirt and, through lack of requisite flirting skills, fail. It’s not purely a matter of one’s intentions and beliefs, is it?

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