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	Objectivist philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Objectivist political theory therefore defends capitalism as the ideal form of human society.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Objectivist_philosophy (4188 words)

	Info and facts on 'Objectivist philosophy' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The key tenets of the Objectivist metaphysics (The philosophical study of being and knowing) are (1) the Primacy of Existence, (2) the Law of Identity (Aristotle (One of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)) 's "A is A"), and (3) the Axiom of Consciousness.
		The transition from the Objectivist ethics to the Objectivist theory of politics relies on the concept of rights (An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature).
		Indeed, on the Objectivist account, one of the corollaries of the right to life is the right to property, which is assumed to always represent the product of one's own effort; on this view, one person's right to life cannot entail the right to dispose of another's private property, under any circumstances.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Ob/Objectivist_philosophy.htm (2968 words)

	LUSO: LDL, 19. November 1997
		Metaphysics (or ontology) is the most basic branch of philosophy, the branch which studies the fundamental nature of existence, in Aristotle's words, the nature of "being qua being".
		This is the Objectivist principle of "The Primacy of Existence".
		Since a metaphysics is a belief about reality, and since beliefs must have objects in reality, then the only two meaningful worldviews are ones about either of the two kinds of things there are.
	www.lawrence.edu /sorg/objectivism/poe.html (905 words)

	Objectivist philosophy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The key tenets of the Objectivist metaphysics are (1) the Primacy of Existence, (2) the Law of Identity (Aristotle's "A is A"), and (3) the Axiom of Consciousness.
		Any system short of this is regarded by Objectivists as a "mixed economy" consisting of certain aspects of capitalism and its opposite (usually called socialism), with pure socialism at the opposite extreme.
		Objectivist philosophy, Objectivist principles, Metaphysics: objective reality, Epistemology: reason, Ethics: rational self-interest, Politics: individual rights and capitalism, Influence on libertarianism, Esthetics: Romanticism, Response to Objectivist philosophy, "Randroid", Criticism of Rand's reading of the history of philosophy, Notes, See also and External links.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Objectivist_philosophy (2872 words)

	Why isn't there more writing on the base of O'ism? - Objectivism Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I believe that Objectivist metaphysics and epistemology firmly establish the correctness of their ethics, politics, and aesthetics, and I believe go a LONG way to refute the philosphical errors of the past.
		Objectivist Academic Center professor Onkar Ghate wanted to write his dissertation on the primacy of existence versus the primacy of consciousness as represented by certain people in the history of philosophy, but the people in charge weren't thrilled with the idea, and I think he had to switch topics.
		While I agree that metaphysics is an important part of the philosophy, I have to disagree with the claim that it is the base (or at least the whole base) of the philosophy (although that is the generally accepted taxonomy of the branches of philosophy).
	forum.objectivismonline.net /index.php?showtopic=115 (1275 words)

	What is Objectivism?
		The politics of Objectivism logically flows from and is justified by Objectivist ethics; Objectivist ethics logically flows from and is justified by Objectivist epistemology; Objectivist epistemology logically flows from and is justified by Objectivist metaphysics.
		Building on its metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, Objectivism argues that every individual, in the peaceful pursuit of personal fulfillment, has an absolute right to his or her own life, liberty and property.
		Objectivist esthetics does not value as art portrayals of the world as it could not be: objectivism is grounded in reality, not in wishful thinking.
	www.mondopolitico.com /ideologies/atlantis/whatisobjectivism.htm (3304 words)

	LUSO: God
		Metaphysics (or ontology) is the most basic branch of philosophy, the branch which studies the fundamental nature of the universe, the branch which answers the question, "What kinds of things are there?".
		The next point of Objectivist metaphysics is to observe the importance of the relationship between the axioms: existence comes first.
		Metaphysically, it is possible for there to be existence without any consciousness of it, which is to say that existence is independent of consciousness, which is to say that reality is objective.
	www.lawrence.edu /sorg/objectivism/god.html (2819 words)

	Metaphysics Introduction
		That "metaphysics" consists of a reiteration of the axioms of existence, identity, and consciousness, a reemphasis of the primacy of existence, and the entity ontology (as opposed to a matter ontology) as the description of the Objectivist view of cause embodied in the nature of entities rather than events.
		Metaphysics is the philosophical study of existence; it answers the questions, "what is there and what is its nature?" But metaphysics cannot be fully understood if we do not know what knowledge is or how we know the principles of metaphysics are true.
		For the purposes of this metaphysics that assertion is assumed.
	www.usabig.com /autonomist/philosophy/metaphysics_intro.html (2757 words)

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		Objectivist metaphysics is often found in the company of another metaphysical assumption, essentialism.
		This stunning conclusion, however, is made possible only by sliding from a fairly weak objectivist claim to a very strong one that is not entailed by the weaker one, and is held in the strong form by no important current school of thought.
		If objectivism is not refuted by institutional facts, and objectivist classification schemes are not made false by the implications of natural kinds, by empirical facts, or by the existence of interesting conceptual structures, perhaps the admittedly important facts of embodied experience can show objectivism to be inadequate.
	www.yorku.ca /christo/papers/objexp5.htm (5786 words)

	Rebuttal of "An Inconsistent Triad"
		Since in the Objectivist view the cause of an event is an entity, it is possible that there could be an end to the series causes, because an entity is not required to have any prior causal conditions.
		To put it another way, an Objectivist would say that if Bass could trace a particular causal chain backwards, he might come to a first event that was caused simply by the nature of the universe, by the bare fact of the universe's existence, with no prior events to be counted.
		As a criticism of Objectivists, it still fails, because the second leg of his triad (the belief that all events have prior events as part of their causal conditions) is not in fact the belief of many Objectivists.
	www.noblesoul.com /rl/essays/triad.html (4255 words)

	Objectivism: The Core of Objectivist Logic
		Thus the Objectivist Metaphysics is the result of a very high-level induction from the empirical foundation and the first-level concepts (e.g., "tree", "dog", "rock", "man", etc..) which immediately succeed the empirical foundation.
		It is the metaphysics which makes the conceptual identification of the empirical foundation itself possible, even though chronologically, the conceptualization of elements of this foundation must long precede the formation of the metaphysics.
		We arrive at metaphysical knowledge in accordance with, but not by reference to, the epistemic norms; in fact, it is our metaphysical knowledge which provides the fundamentals for the explanation of the epistemic norms, not the other way around.
	members.tripod.com /~tchase/dfbi.html (959 words)

	A Critique of Objectivist Metaphysics (THREAD FOUR) [Free Republic]
		As she puts it, A = A. Although A = A is a simple statement of the logical principle of identity, in the context of metaphysics it appears to be a tautology on its face.
		By abolishing the entire field of metaphysical inquiry by fiat, Rand surrenders her claim to be a metaphysician in any sense of that term.
		He started metaphysics, invented it as it were; his main problems as a breaker of new ground were definition and methods, and all he had to go on was his own reason and direct experience of Reality.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39c14c6b7876.htm (14852 words)

	A Critique of Objectivist Metaphysics (THREAD TWO) [Free Republic]
		This is not proof of the failure of Rand's metaphysics it is the essence of her metaphyics...
		The Objectivist philosophy of epistemology explains the relationship between two things: (1)the realm of existence or reality and (2)knowledge, about the realm of exisence and reality, that is both true and valid in context.
		In addition, Objectivist epistemology also explains how best to achieve knowledge that is both valid and true, and at the same time, is derived from, confoms to, adheres to, and is in accordance with reality.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39bd07f86cb4.htm (9707 words)

	General, Introductory Physics - Objectivism Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Punk, your belief in the chance that there may exist a contradiction between the Objectivist metaphysics and physics as understood through experimental data reveals an incomplete understanding of the relationship between metaphysics and science.
		Since the Objectivist metaphysics consists of the step-by-step unraveling of the corollaries of existence exists, which is the core of man's understanding of reality, nothing in the sciences can ever contradict the Objectivist metaphysics.
		The Objectivist metaphysics is not, as you imply, derived via "rationalization;" rather, it is derived by using reason to systematically ascertain all the implications of existence exists.
	forum.objectivismonline.net /index.php?showtopic=3393 (2081 words)

	Perception
		All of Objectivist metaphysics, for example, consists of the axioms, the primacy of existence, and the entity verses event theory of cause; there is no Objectivist ontology at all.
		The only metaphysics there, however, beyond a reiteration of the axiomatic concepts: existence, identity, and consciousness, are a re-emphasis of the primacy of existence, the suggested entity-ontology (as opposed to a matter-ontology), and the Objectivist view of cause embodied in the nature of entities or existents rather than events.
		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.
	www.geocities.com /rational_argumentator/perception.html (7520 words)

	A CASE FOR FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM
		In the Objectivist metaphysics of Ayn Rand, atheism and materialism are affirmed.
		Objectivists commonly assert that knowledge and ethics are not possible in a deterministic universe.
		An attempt to distinguish between political and metaphysical freedom implies that the former relates to coercion by human agents and that the later relates to coercion by causality.
	www.benbest.com /philo/freewill.html (7409 words)

	objectivism summary
		Metaphysics is the study of the nature of the universe as a whole.
		The objectivist view, as we have seen, explains that no alternative to a fact of reality is possible.
		Metaphysically given facts cannot be judged, they simply exist.
	www.objectivethought.com /objectivism/objectivism.html (4953 words)

	What is the Objectivist View of Reality (Metaphysics)? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This view is an instance of a position that has frequently reappeared in philosophy: metaphysical relativism or idealism.
		The epistemological corollary is the axiom that consciousness is the faculty of perceiving that which exists—and that man gains knowledge by looking outward." Consciousness (i.e., the mind) is in essence a faculty of awareness.
		In fact, we must watch out for reality, as Rand recognized when she summed up her metaphysics with Francis Bacon's dictum "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." But command nature we can, and this is what makes the universe essentially benevolent: it is propitious to beings like us.
	www.objectivistcenter.org /objectivism/faqs/wthomas_faq-metaphysics.asp (2191 words)

	Metaphysics - ObjectivismWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		“Metaphysics is that branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the universe as a whole.” (OPAR, p.3)
		All of Objectivism rests on Objectivist metaphysics The key tenets of the Objectivist metaphysics are (1) the Primacy of Existence, (2) the Law of Identity (Aristotle's "A is A"), and (3) the Axiom of Consciousness.
		According to Objectivism, the proof of a proposition's being axiomatic is that it is both (a) self-evident and (b) cannot coherently be denied, because any argument against the proposition would have to suppose its truth.
	wiki.objectivismonline.net /index.php?title=Metaphysics&printable=yes (221 words)

	A Critique of Objectivist Metaphysics (THREAD THREE) [Free Republic]
		To the extent that the results of metaphysical inquiry rely on logic and experience for their validation, A = A is indispensable to metaphysics at the level of empirical test to which metaphysical insights are inevitably obliged to submit in order to have standing as bona fide human knowledge.
		So it is not a particular difficulty for you; I contend it is a particular difficulty for Objectivists, with their especial allegiance to the primacy of formal logic.
		One problem with the (non-scientifically trained) objectivist philosophers is their failure to apply the A=A criterion to electrons.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39be7d424241.htm (11088 words)

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		Metaphysics comes from from the greek word "meta" meaning after and "physika" meaning nature.
		So literally metaphysics is the nature of things beyond senses or what is the nature of reality.
		Objectivist metaphysics rests on the axiom "Existence exists".
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~puobjclb/philosophy_meta.html (121 words)

	Metaphysics Degrees, Ordained Ministers
		If we were to travel from one metaphysical teacher or organization to another, we would find people engaging in different things, all under the label of Metaphysics.
		All of these fields, therefore, are regarded as part of Metaphysics by the University of Metaphysics and the University of Sedona, in regard to its Doctoral Degree and to its other programs and affiliations with its students and graduates.
		It is not the position of the university or its parent body, the International Metaphysical Ministry, to take one phase of study over another, as it is the belief of the universities that there are many paths a human may travel on the way to finding Truth.
	www.metaphysics.com (1174 words)

	DOLHENTY ARCHIVE: Is Objectivism a Disguised Materialism?
		Leonard Peikoff, the current and leading spokesman for the Objectivist movement, explicitly denies that Objectivists are Materialists.
		Objectivist metaphysics (what there is of it) seems to fall quite comfortably into the Materialistic camp.
		If Objectivism is not a disguised Materialism, it is certainly not a philosophy of metaphysical Idealism (Peikoff definitely denies that it is Idealism of any sort).
	radicalacademy.com /objcriticism.htm (640 words)

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		Although linguists and objectivist conversational analysts may not like my answers, I am continuing to suggest that the two line episodes do not contain (internal) evidence of power or of what might be driving the dialogue.
		Obviously, this objectivist position, shared by many discourse analysts, is very similar to that of the "he" in our episode, proclaiming an ability of fixing machinery women do not have.
		Such objectivist accounts would draw the writer as well as the reader into the very trap in which power tends to be constructed as a necessary evil, as something that nobody can escape from, as something that can not be undone.
	www.asc.upenn.edu /usr/krippendorff/POWER.htm (13519 words)

	What Philosophy Is, and How to Study It \| An Excerpt from Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff
		The two basic ones are metaphysics and epistemology.
		Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the universe as a whole.
		(The Objectivist metaphysics is covered in the present chapter on "Reality.") Epistemology is the branch that studies the nature and means of human knowledge (chapters 2-5).
	www.peikoff.com /opar/excerpt_ch1.htm (945 words)

	THE OBJECTIVIST RING
		For people outside of the Objectivist movement, the possibility that alternatives exist to this is not merely a theoretical possibility, but a concrete actuality.
		Thus, at the metaphysical level (in terms of his analysis of volition), Dr. Binswanger identified core elements of the epistemological principle that identification precedes evaluation, both logically and chronologically, which is itself an epistemological derivative of the metaphysical principle of the primacy of existence.
		TOR Messages is a new service being offered to the Internet Objectivist Community, a means by which members of this community can make announcements, share their views, ask and answer questions about Objectivism, and even debate.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/6234 (1510 words)

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