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A.1 Perception. Rand developed her views on perception largely in conversations with Nathaniel Branden and Leonard Peikoff, who presented them in lectures. These views were later elaborated by Kelley (1986), Peikoff (1991), and others. Rand holds that all knowledge is derived from perception, and a judgment can be “validated” (Rand’s term ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Ayn Rand (born February 2, 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia—died March 6, 1982, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Russian-born American writer whose commercially successful novels promoting individualism and laissez-faire capitalism were influential among conservatives and libertarians and popular among generations of young people in the United States from the mid-20th century.
A.4 Metaphysics of Human Nature. Rand’s conception of the role of metaphysics is fairly minimalist; its task is the investigation of the most general features of existence as such—of “being qua being”, in Aristotle’s phrase. Hence a great deal of traditionally metaphysical inquiry into the specific characteristics of the universe and ...
Oct 30, 2023 · Objectivism is a philosophy of rational individualism that promotes reason as the absolute source of knowledge and the primary moral objective of attaining one’s happiness. Russian-born American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand created and established this ideology during the mid-1900s. The system of thought speaks to metaphysics, epistemology ...
We present the empowering principles of Objectivism to a global audience, and offer those principles as a rational and moral alternative in the marketplace of philosophical ideas. Our content and our world-class faculty of scholars promote the principles of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, set forth in such works as her epic novel ...
In her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and in nonfiction works such as Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Ayn Rand forged a systematic philosophy of reason and freedom. Rand was a passionate individualist. She wrote in praise of "the men of unborrowed vision," who live by the judgment of their own minds, willing to stand alone against ...
Jun 4, 2022 · Ayn Rand was the Russian-born American writer and philosopher, best known as the author of the philosophy of objectivism and the author of two timeless novels, “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged” - one of the most impactful books of the 20th century.
