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Love Is a Problem of Knowledge (2021)

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Faced with the complicated problem of matching people, matchmakers over the last few centuries have sought for, experimented with, and embraced various intellectual tools that promised to help. This commentary on the preceding essays in the Focus section “It’s a Match!” discusses the tools for matchmaking developed from fields like astrology or phrenology and their social implications. The essay closes with a meditation on the continuities evident in efforts to predict and match possible lovers using apps and algorithms today.

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Article Hansun Hsiung; Elena Serrano (2021) Introduction: Epistemologies of the Match. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 760-765). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hsiung, Hansun
Serrano, Elena
Lik Sam Chan
Jeffrey M. Binder
Camana, Carla
Gandolfi, Giangiacomo
Concepts
Science and society
Astrology
Dating; romantic relationships
Love
Astronomy
Data; information
Time Periods
Early modern
Modern
Renaissance
Medieval
Ancient
21st century
Places
Spain
Italy
Greece
Europe
Graz (Austria)
Atlantic Ocean
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