Authority in Objectivism. One of the challenges for ARI moving forward is to deal with the problem of authority. In any organization there ...

Intro. Having gone through most of the official philosophy of Objectivism, we can now turn our attention to some of the cultural and sociol...

Conclusion . Many years ago someone handed me a copy of Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology and said, "This will help y...

The rationalist core of the Objectivist Epistemology. Ayn Rand defined rationalists as "those who claimed that man obtains his knowled...

Meaning, precision, and vagueness . In the final chapter of Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology , Rand introduces some rather peculiar ...

Cognitive Role of Concepts . In her Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology , Rand sought to solve the "problem" of universals, w...

Measurement Omission 2: In my last post , I introduced Merlin Jetton's  criticism of Rand's measurement omission theory . In this p...

Measurement Omission 1 . Having finished our slow, tedious slog through Peikoff's essay on the Analytic-Sythethic Dichotomy, we can retu...

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 16: Falsifibility. Toward the end of his essay on the Anayltic-Synthetic Dichotomy, Peikoff tackles falsifiabi...

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 15: Concepts as Theories. In a previous post , I criticized the Objectivist view that concepts constitute the ...

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 14: Peikoff on Logic and Experience. After discussing contigency and necessity, Peikoff moves on the logic and...

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 13: Is contingency necessary? Objectivists tend to be overly fond of accusing their philosophical opponents of...

"Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature" and the ARCHNblog have their critics. Some have the decided advantage of having read the book . Som...

"The doctrinal structure of Randism is bluff, buttressed by abuse of all critics." - David Ramsay Steele.

The site Objectivist Answers  has provided an answer at least one burning question; namely, who is and who isn't an Objectivist. From t...

Oi, you lot with a bunch of unresolved topics to discuss. Over here.

QuantumHaecceity commented on Ayn Rand & Epistemology 39: Well, I consider myself an expert on Objectivism, so you can run whatever f...

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 12: Necessity and Rationalistic Speculation. In my last post, I introduced some of Peikoff's objections to...

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 11: Necessity and Contingency. After flogging the analytical synthetic dichotomy for several pages, Peikoff fo...

Analytical-Synthetic Dichotomy 10: Peikoff's Argument . In a previous post , I criticized Peikoff's theory of meaning, which asserts...