Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Collision Course

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It is a great shame that I have had little or no time to write about Objectivism over the past few months, as the ongoing McCaskey Objectisc...
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Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 19

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Alternatives to Foundationalism. Whenever the Objectivist mania for “validating” such things as “reality,” “causality,” “man’s mind,” “the ...
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Thursday, November 04, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 18

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Foundationalism 101. Foundationalism, in the words of philosopher Rob Bass, is “one of a number of views that holds that knowledge has foun...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 17

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Primacy of existence versus primacy of consciousness. Rand’s explicates her views on this issue as follows : The primacy of existence (of r...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 16

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Seddon’s defense of Rand’s free will. In Fred Seddon’s review of my book Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature , we find the following curious asser...
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Monday, October 11, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 15

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Objectivist argument for free will. According to Objectivism, free will is “axiomatic,” which means (1) it’s “self-evident,” “fundamentally...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 14

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Objectivist theory of free will vs. the facts of reality. In the last two posts I have documented how the Objectivist metaphysics has helpe...
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Friday, October 01, 2010

Suicide Note

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In a new, special edition of his Intellectual Activist newsletter, former Orthodox Objectivist and Ayn Rand Institute member Robert Tracinsk...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 13

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Objectivism & the paranormal. The assumption that “paranormal” events are unreal or impossible may be convenient and prudent in daily l...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 12

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Objectivism & Physics. David Hume once remarked that, while errors in religion might be dangerous, those in philosophy are “only ridicu...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 11

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Logic and reality. Chris Sciabarra sums up the Objectivist position on this issue better than any Objectivist: Like Aristotle, Rand believe...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Objectivism & “Metaphysics,” Part 10

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Causality. In the Logical Structure of Objectivism , David Kelley makes the following observation: Notice that neither [the axiom of existe...
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The McCaskey Objectischism

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Neil Parille gives us the lowdown on the latest bustup in Randland. The latest Objectischism is underway. Schisms, excommunications, denun...
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Thursday, September 09, 2010

Objectivism & "Metaphysics," Part 9

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Rand’s axioms: Identity . Ayn Rand explicates this "axiom" as follows: To exist is to be something, as distinguished from the noth...
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