In which we briefly outline some of the philosophic underpinnings of ARCHNblogs critiques. "(Unlike natural laws) norms and normative l...

In which the ARCHNblog takes a regular look at the products of Rand's aesthetic theories. This week: "Beginnings" by Sylvia B...

Guest blogger Neil Parille from Objectiblog takes a two-part look at Rand's typical standards of argument. Ayn Rand’s two most importan...

Reason. One of the greatest challenges for the critic of Objectivism involves trying to make sense of Rand's conception of reason. The ...

Wittgenstein's "family resemblance." A philosophical idea that has proved influential in cognitive science is Wittgenstein...

A while ago, Greg Nyquist wondered "Is Objectivism Dangerous?" He concluded that the answer was no, despite the often fantastic t...

Due to the rapidly growing site content and visitor stats, over the next week or two we're going to sort out the blooming, buzzing manif...

"Since I'm not a scientist, I'm not competent to judge whether Dave Harriman's criticisms of Einstein are ultimately right ...

Anon76 begins his extraordinary series of posts by trying to diminish the claims of cognitive science on the grounds that there exists no co...

Concept-Formation. Rand's theory of concept-formation could be summed up as follows: in the pursuit of one insight, Rand committed a nu...

A commenter on this thread reminds us of ARIan Harry Binswanger's odd requirement for joining his email list: The HBL Loyalty Oath I ha...

Apropos of Greg's recent series examining the subconscious or "hardwired" part of human nature, YahooNews reports further evi...

Cognitive Unconscious. Rand wanted to believe that every aspect of cognition and willing could be controlled, directly or indirectly, by t...

Guest poster Neil Parille from Objectiblog tells the tale of Ayn Rand's odd reaction to a famous prank at the 1974 Academy Awards. Obje...

While cleaning up some comments spam I came across this brief note that may have been lost in the flurry. In this post Greg criticised a pa...

The intense interest on this blog in the question of free will has persuaded me to interrupt my series on the Cognitive Revolution and Objec...

Given the recent discussion it seems apropos to re-run Greg Nyquist's Journal of Ayn Rand Studies article - which was a reply to Fred S...

The debate over at www.richarddawkins.net vs "The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics" author Jim Valliant now appears to be over, ...

Behavioral Genetics. From the modular theory of the mind, we proceed to behavioral genetics. It is here that the first really serious chal...

Starting in the 1950s, the sciences of mind, brain, genes, and evolution began forming a new understanding of human nature, based on an ever...