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The book review discusses the philosophical resonance between Zhuangzi and Spinoza, focusing on the human-animal binary. Özbey explores how these philosophies challenge traditional distinctions and engage with the concept of human exceptionalism. While Spinoza emphasizes human complexity, Zhuangzi highlights adaptability as a distinguishing factor. Both philosophies suggest overcoming rigid moral perspectives and embracing flexibility in values. The review offers a scholarly comparison of these philosophies, highlighting their unique perspectives on human-animal distinctions and moral agency. [Extracted from the article]

The book review discusses "Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research" by Jonathan A. Smith, Paul Flowers, and Michael Larkin. It highlights the book's comprehensive guide on qualitative research, particularly focusing on the IPA method. The review praises the book for its structured approach, accessibility, and examples that aid in understanding the process of IPA. It also emphasizes the book's relevance for students and new researchers in various fields, including psychology, arts, and performance studies. [Extracted from the article]

Philosophy needs to face up to the global problems of our times: Nicholas Maxwell: Our fundamental problem: A revolutionary approach to philosophy. Maxwell thinks we can find an explanation if we embrace a purposive interpretation of Darwin's theory of evolution. Maxwell thus contends that our institutions, social endeavours and culture, need to adopt an I aim-oriented i rationalism, to transform knowledge-inquiry into wisdom-inquiry. [Extracted from the article]

A book that has been, since its publication in 2016, widely read and reviewed, I Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception i has brought into general discourse Nanay's argument that we ought to approach aesthetics from within the methodology of the philosophy of perception. Nanay's view in the entirety of the book seems to be that a great deal of the time aesthetic experience can be characterized as focused on one perceptual object but distributed across properties. In short, Foster's notion of the term "anti-aesthetic" is not Nanay's, for Nanay is not advocating a return to content and move away from formalism. [Extracted from the article]

First, the selection of philosophers reflects the past assumption that "early modern philosophy" primarily consists in the so-called mechanical philosophy or, at least, that those who engaged with "the mechanical philosophy" were the only early moderns who had anything of interest to say about universals. Per the introduction, the emergence of "the mechanical philosophy" meant "one could no longer speak of universals as immanent in sensible objects, at least insofar as those universals were conceived in terms of Aristotelian hylomorphism" (4). The introduction correctly highlights that "in the Aristotelian paradigm, science was necessary and universal knowledge; as such it was held to be essentially about universals" (7). [Extracted from the article]

The metaphilosophy, or philosophical methodology, of R. G. Collingwood pervades every aspect of his philosophy, from his metaphysics to his aesthetics to his philosophy of history to his ethics. Where are the chapters about how the metaphilosophy of Collingwood impacts his ethics or his philosophy of art? 1 Which is not to say that there have not been any attempts on smaller canvases, although there have been precious few of these, too: see Mink [4], which is an overview of Collingwood's philosophy but singular in giving Collingwood's methodology its due, D'Oro and Connelly [3], or the 2016 special issue of I Collingwood and British Idealism Studies i on Collingwood's philosophical methodology. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book ''Caminos de la filosofía. Conversaciones con Lourdes Flamarique, Marcela García y José María Torralba,'' by Alejandro Llano.

A review of the book "An Introduction to Philosophical Methods," by Chris Daly is presented.

A review of the book "Stanley Cavell and the Education of Grownups," edited by Naoko Saito and Paul Standish, is presented.