Rand’s axioms: Existence exists . Now lets examine the Objectivist axioms, beginning with the axiom of existence. The Objectivist axioms ar...

The National Review's Jason Lee Steorts makes a good catch - and perhaps finds the underlying inspiration for Whittaker Chambers' i...

Memory and the Objectivist Axioms. Rand defined in axiom as “a statement that identifies the base of knowledge and of any further statement...

Nothing is self-evident. Central to the Objectivist metaphysics is the notion that there are certain premises or “axioms” that are “self-ev...

Objectivism’s revolt against representationalism. David Kelley describes representationalism as follows : [Representationalism] is the vie...

Basic presuppositions of realism. Realism is the view that physical objects exist independently of being perceived (that is to say, physica...

The awesome $5m movie of Rand's epic Atlas Shrugged has wrapped . Below, fitness equipment entrepreneur and first time movie producer J...

I haven't been paying much attention to the latest burgeoning Objecto-schism regarding the proposed mosque near - well, four blocks away...

Preliminaries. What on earth is all this nonsense that goes under the name “metaphysics”? Rand defined metaphysics as “the study of existen...

Over at amazon.com, there's a bit of a philosophical duel going on between myself and Rand apologist Paul Beaird. While it hardly reach...

Ayn Rand contra Libertarianism 3. In my last two posts, I have detailed the inadequacy of Rand’s arguments against Libertarianism. Rand’s a...

Taking a brief break from all things Randian, a shameless plug for a site my good friend Rafe Champion contributes to, criticalrationalism.n...

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 Libertarianism 1. Rand’s view of libertarianism speaks volumes about the Objectivist politics. When asked, “Why don’t you a...

Yes, it sucks. That appears to be the critical verdict on the never-before-produced 1934 Rand play "Ideal", currently off-Broadway...

Ayn Rand contra Conservatism 9. In the essay “Conservatism: an Obituary,” Rand’s main complaint against conservatism centers, not on what c...

Some on-set footage apparently from the forthcoming multi-part Atlas Shrugged movie: Budget for Part 1? A totally awesome $5m . Update: Neil...

Ayn Rand contra Conservatism 8. I detailed in my last post the differences between Objectivism and the Tragic Vision of non-ideological con...

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

Ayn Rand contra Conservatism 6. Rand, in her essay '“Conservatism: an Obituary” attacks what she calls the “argument from depravity.” P...