[Neil Parille continues where he left off in 2009.] Ayn Rand was quite explicit that ideas are what matter and, in particular, it’s abstract...

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

In an interview, Shoshana Milgram, Rand's "official" biographer, is asked whether Rand ever read Kant. Given how far Rand...

“The process of forming a concept is not complete until its constituent units have been integrated into a single mental unit by means of a s...

“To live, man must hold three things as the supreme and ruling values of his life: Reason—Purpose—Self-esteem.” It is not surprising that n...

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

Ayn Rand contra Conservatism 7. In A Conflict of Visions , Thomas Sowell attempts to explain the underlying differences between “conserva...

Politics of Human Nature 14: Egalitarian Envy. In an earlier “Objectivism and Politics” post, we found Rand using the phrase “ hatred of th...

Philosophy as derivation 1: Kant’s Ethics. In my last “Objectivism and Politics” post , I introduced Pareto’s theory of residues and deriva...

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