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	Objectivist philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An Objectivist respects the rights of other human beings out of the recognition of the value to himself or herself of living in a world in which the freedom of action of other rational (or potentially rational) human beings is respected.
		The Objectivist theory of art flows fairly directly from its epistemology, by way of "psycho-epistemology" (Objectivism's term for the study of human cognition as it involves interactions between the conscious and the subconscious mind).
		Objectivists often respond to this by saying either that a) the claims are exaggerated, b) the cult-like practices were (unfortunately) irrational but do not disprove the philosophy, or c) such statements are justified because one's confidence in Rand is (or should be) based on reason and one's own individual, reality-oriented values.
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	Objectivist philosophy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The key tenets of the Objectivist (The philosophical study of being and knowing) metaphysics are (1) the Primacy of Existence, (2) the Law of Identity ((One of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)) Aristotle's "A is A"), and (3) the Axiom of Consciousness.
		Rand considered her epistemology central to her philosophy, once remarking, "I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of (A rational motive for a belief or action) reason.
		The transition from the Objectivist ethics to the Objectivist theory of politics relies on the concept of (An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature) rights.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ob/objectivist_philosophy.htm (2965 words)

	Foundations Study Guide: Epistemology -- Objectivist Center -- Reason, Individualism, Achievement, and Freedom
		Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that investigates the basic nature of knowledge, including its sources and validation.
		Epistemology is concerned with the basic relationship between man's mind and reality, and with the basic operations of human reason.
		On their view, which is consistent with Objectivist in many (but not all) respects, a concept designates a kind of thing in reality and includes in its content the properties such things actually have; defining traits are discovered, not stipulated.
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		A major concern of the Objectivist epistemology is the identification and avoidance of such "anti-concepts", which are regarded as mental monstrosities that do not succeed in referring to any external reality whatsoever.
		On the Objectivist account, value (or the "good") is not "intrinsic" to external reality, but neither is it "subjective" (again meaning "arbitrary"); the term "good" denotes an objective evaluation of some aspect of reality with respect to a goal, namely, the life of the human being with respect to whom the evaluation is made.
		Initiation of force is seen by Objectivists as a negation of morality as it precludes choice and freewill by interposing the threat of physical destruction between a man and his desired ends.
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	Perception (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Objectivist epistemology is the greatest advance in that field in history, yet it also contains mistakes and is not extensively developed.
		The Objectivist description of consciousness is essentially an attempt to counter the fallacious descriptions of consciousness, such as Kant's or the sensationalists, as Kelley describes.
		It is beyond the scope of this article to discuss the actual nature of percepts, qualia, and their relationship the objects of perception, but we must mention in passing that color, sound, and taste, for example, are not "sensations," but "percepts," and are percepts of actual attributes of the entities being perceived.
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		When Objectivists say that “the meaning of a concept is all of the concretes it subsumes, past, present, and future, including ones that we will never know about,” they are failing to distinguish sense and reference.
		It introduces Objectivist epistemology by means of its theory of concepts, which is the epistemology’s centerpiece.
		If I am right about Objectivist epistemology, and one “ordinary person’s” reading of ITOE was sufficient to communicate to me an understanding of meaning superior to any non-Objectivist’s, then, clearly, ITOE is a brilliant piece of writing, and a masterpiece of communication.
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	Important Terms in Objectivist Atheology
		There are a number of terms which are key to the case presented by the Argument from the Fact of Existence (AFE), and therefore bear mentioning of their definitions. As an Objectivist, I am very careful about the definitions of the terms which I use in my writing.
		Subjectivism, epistemological: Subjectivism in epistemology is the view that knowledge of reality can be acquired exclusively by introspection, resulting in the confusion between the emotions one experiences and the facts of reality.
		Just as metaphysical subjectivism is the philosophical basis of epistemological subjectivism, epistemological subjectivism is the philosophical basis of mysticism, which is the acceptance of ideational content void of evidence, proof or rational (i.e., non-contradictory) inference from perceptually available facts.
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	Ask Aristotle - Epistemology
		Q: “Dear Aristotle, After some research, I’ve found all the claims of Objectivist epistemology to be wholly undeniable and consistent, except for one.
		Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology and becoming well versed in these areas.
		Q: "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology describes the formation of higher level concepts which are integrations or subdivisions of lower level ones.
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		Most of her epistemology is simply a rehash of Aristotle, which is hardly a justification for an Objectivist epistemology.
		Ironically, one of the goals of Rand's epistemology is justification for her morality.
		However, from reading her epistemology it seems to follow that she is ignorant of actual epistemological studies that any junior in college would have had drilled into their head -- she adds nothing new, she refutes nothing at all, while creating a justification for her ideology.
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		The victims of Rand who think there is an important difference between nominalism and "Objectivist epistemology" simply demonstrate thereby that Rand has successfully kept them from understanding either one.
		To anyone considering buying this book, I will assure you that in line with Objectivist thought, it is of considerable theoretical and practical value.
		I envy those of you who already correctly conceptualize, for whom the word "coincidence" does not just bring up a mental image of a person reacting to a particular coincidence, but leads you mind to bring up related concepts such as "chance", "surprise", "intention", "planning" and "expectation".
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	Philosophy
		This slightly technical book answers the question "What is thinking?" Such information is critical to the study of how to impart knowledge to children.
		Epistemology is the study of the nature and means of knowledge.
		Several corrupt "flavors" of epistemology are floating around; the Objectivist version, however, is completely accurate and enlightening.
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	National Review: Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. - book reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology has been received as a bible" of Randianism.
		It is Ayn Rand on her "soapbox." The editors, Leonard Peikoff and Harry Benswanger, effectively use Miss Rand's texts to present a complete view of the objectivist philosophy, but somehow it still falls flat.
		I daresay that part of the problem is the authoritarian, condescending tone Miss Rand assumes in conversing with "a select group of professionals." There is a difference between self-assured rebuttals and sharp rebukes.
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		One partial exception to this was the series of essays published in her magazine "The Objectivist" between July 1966 and February 1967, putting "on record" her theory of concepts, later published as the first edition of Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, to which Leonard Peikoff's series on "The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy" was later added.
		Until now, that is. This new edition of Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology is a blockbuster--a totally new edition containing a host of new material.
		Professionals from philosophy, physics and mathematics were invited to meet with Rand and to question her further on her views.
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	"Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology"
		The reason why first-level concepts are important in Rand's epistemology is that they allow, in Rand's view, that all our concepts, including the more abstract ones, and all our propositional knowledge, be anchored in reality.
		Here is what she says, during a discussion of her epistemology, in response to the suggestion that someone could form the concept of furniture, defined as "movable man-made objects within a human habitation", "directly from the perceptual level": "Oh, that he couldn't do.
		A CCD is defined by Rand (in the Introduction to ITOE) as: "The characteristic(s) reducible to a unit of measurement, by means of which man differentiates two or more existents from other existents possessing it" (p.15).
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		One of the most important of Ayn Rand's contributions to the field of epistemology is contained in the seventh chapter of her Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology entitled, "The Cognitive Role of Concepts."
		In it she explains how the world we are conscious of is comprised of an infinite complexity of existents, events, and relationships and why it is not possible for us to comprehend this complexity simply by perceiving it.
		The closest she came to this identification is in her chapter, Abstraction from Abstractions, in Introduction to Obejectivist Epistemology, which together with, "The Cognitive Role of Concepts," are her best writing, in my estimation, on epistemology.
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	The Ayn Rand Institute: The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary
		It is the philosophy of Objectivism, presented in detail in Atlas Shrugged, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, and The Virtue of Selfishness.
		There is no way to reason from nature to its negation, or from facts to their subversion, or from any premise to the obliteration of argument as such, i.e., of its foundation: the axioms of existence and identity.
		Objectivist Conferences and the Ayn Rand Bookstore are owned by Second Renaissance, Inc., which is operated by the Ayn Rand Institute.
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	Concepts
		This brief exploration of the Objectivist Theory of Concepts is approached specifically from the perspective of the Objectivist epistemology of Ayn Rand.
		Rand's epistemology maintains that the attachment of a word or symbol to the combination of the defining similarity-characteristics [Sc/i()] and the integrated totality of the characteristics of the members of the similarity-set [Ec'/i(,) where E'(i) in S'/i()], is the last step in the transformation of a discriminated similarity-set [S(*)] into a concept [C(i)].
		In her discussions of concepts in her Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, Ms Rand frequently fails to keep this distinction clear, resulting in some confusion over the actual meaning of her message.
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	Objectivist Sexuality
		Those areas are: epistemology, the study of how man gathers knowledge; ethics, the study of how man behaves; politics, the study of how men interact; and art, the study of how man shapes the world around him.
		In epistemology, modern philosophy teaches that man doesn't acquire knowledge by means of his mind, but by faith, intuition, or any other method except one in which man's rational mind is involved.
		Objectivist epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics rest entirely upon the premise that "man is man"; Objectivist sexuality rests on the statement that “man is man and woman is woman”.
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	Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition by Ayn Rand, Search Cheap Books, Discount Books, ISBN ...
		It is an "introduction" and as such is the gateway to Rand's theory of knowledge by way of her theory of concepts.
		It is unfortunately too common to find those who are willing to drop this necessary context and argue against the Objectivist claim based on various meanings of the term universal, few of which are relevant to the issue at hand.
		It is amusing to read disagreements of the Objectivist theory of concepts which are addressed and cleared up in the appendix.
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	Objectivist philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article is about Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy.
		Academic institutional support for Objectivism has increased in recent years.
		See also Objectivist Metaethics, Controversy over Ayn Rand.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Objectivist_philosophy (3921 words)

	Principles of Human Action: About Ayn Rand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Her little-known Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, for instance, must be ranked among her most valuable works.
		Staunchly opposed to beliefs then fashionable among intellectuals, by whom she was largely neglected or maligned, Rand has only recently begun to receive favorable posthumous attention in the academic community.
		Her most important ideas, particularly in the areas of metaphysics and epistemology, are perhaps most rigorously developed not in her own writings but in a study (listed below) by her longtime close associate Leonard Peikoff.
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		Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology : Expanded Second Edition
		For those who are tired of endless speculative metaphysical and highly rational (in the sense of overly a priori premises and conclusions) dogmas and myths, Hume is a great antedote.
		Since Rand is no different from her progenitors Aristotle and Aquinas, whether you "choose" to buy into her armchair epistemology will depend on whether or not you've had enough of overly-deductive reason, outdated metaphysics, and irrational dogmas and myths.
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		The author's intent was to summarize the "Objectivist theory of concepts" as a prelude to a future book on Objectivism, the latter name the author has given to her philosophy.
		Since these notions are important in her epistemology, and of course very important from the standpoint of modern computer science and complexity theory, they need more careful consideration in this book.
		Its status as a book on epistemology is typical of philosophical treatises: lots of speculation and arm-chair reasoning, but little or no empirical content.
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		Rand was no philosopher, and her epistemology was no epistemology.
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	Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology : Expanded Second Edition : Book
		Ayn Rand forever will be accredited with making philosophy relevant to the life of a Man that is ONLY possible ´ here on this earth´.Truly Objectivism is a philosophy for living on earth.Objectivism is a Great,Brilliant,Incredible and Lasting breakthrough in the sphere of Philosophy.
		Ayn Rand and her followers have some interesting things to say sometimes, but they are horribly handicapped by their refusal to engage any other philosophical literature.
		This is an interesting read for those with little philosophical background, but frustratingly vague, ignorant, and thus arrogant--not accurately prideful--to anyone with such a background.
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