The issue of philosophical literacy is a troubling one for Objectivism on multiple levels. To begin with, many of Rand’s most ardent followe...

Psychopaths, vmPFC damage, and whim-worship. One of the central doctrines of Objectivism is the necessity of a "rational," ...

Moral Philosophy = Rationalization. There are convincing and powerful reasons to believe that nearly all that passes for what might be call...

Since the McCaskey schism is (as Daniel Barnes has noted ) largely arose from "philosophical" issues, it might be illuminating to ...

Alternatives to Foundationalism. Whenever the Objectivist mania for “validating” such things as “reality,” “causality,” “man’s mind,” “the ...

Rand’s axioms: one exists possessing consciousness . While no sensible person would deny that physiologically normal individuals "posse...

Ayn Rand contra Libertarianism 2. In my last post I summed up Rand’s allegations against Libertarianism as follows: Libertarians are bad a...

Ayn Rand contra Conservatism 3. In “Conservatism: an Obituary,” Rand, after criticizing conservatives for not providing a “moral base” for ...

Politics of Human Nature 1: human rationality. The achievement of Objectivism’s political goals rest on the assumption that most human bein...

Eschatology. Eschatology is a part of theology or philosophy dealing with the ultimate destiny of humanity or end of the world. While Objec...

Kant contra Rand There appear to be many orthodox Objectivists still in denial about Kant’s influence on history. Despite never having read...

Rational Ethics. Rand is not the only philosopher to attempt the formulation of a rational ethics. Starting with Socrates, many philosopher...

Over at Mises.org we find Patrick M. O'Neil's detailed breakdown of Objectivist ethics, and despite Rand's claims to the contra...

A handy, ongoing list of fact-free beliefs about Ayn Rand's intellectual achievements. Rand is widely believed by her followers to have ...