Yaron Brook, orthodox reformer. Viewed from afar, Yaron Brook seems little more than a narrow, sectarian shill for a Peikoffian version of ...

Darren in comments points us to his careful dissection of some Randian shell games typical of her epistemology. Not a lot to disagree with...

Barbara Branden has died. The Los Angeles Times obit is here .

Preservation of Orthodoxy. Some Objectivists, following Leonard Peikoff's example, wish to preserve orthodoxy. They desire to prevent ...

Danger of Charismatic Leader. In my last post, I explored some of the difficulties which will arise with the weakening of a "legitimat...

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.