“A is A. All the pain has come from the effort to evade the fact that A is A.” ayn rand diet plan exercise reality checkThese are the
May 13, 2014 -- Why do many philosophers deny the existence of objective reality? In this conversation David Kelley and William R Thomas dis
What does it mean to be objective? David Kelley discusses the relation of the objective, the intrinsic, and the subjective. He discusses
The American author Joe McGinniss died March 10. He was certainly not an Objectivist, nor a libertarian. But he was a superb writer, and..
Thanksgiving evening at home — snow on the ground outside, the hum of the dishwasher in the kitchen, half-eaten pies on the counter. The ...
In this 30-minute presentation, philosopher and author David Kelley covers the essentials of the Objectivist view of metaphysical
Objectivism holds that there is one reality, the one in which we live. It is self-evident that reality exists and is what it is; our job is
It is no easy task trying to understand what Nietzsche’s views on metaphysics and epistemology are. Beyond getting past Nietzsche’s manner..
Will Thomas’s review essay captures much of the essence of this very difficult Derrida piece. I especially appreciated his comments on decon
This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 1999 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " The Continental Origins of Postmodernism ."
Ayn Rand wrote out the passages that Leonard Peikoff cites in The Fountainhead , Centennial Edition (728–732) in her journals from late...
That we have free will is self-evident. You chose to write this question. Indeed, most fundamentally, you chose to think about it. This is
Objectivism holds that there is no "supernatural" world. For more on this, see our Q&A on Religion and our Q&A on metaphysics...
Objectivism does not have a “strict physicalist doctrine.” It merely holds that whatever exists exists, has identity, and has causal powers
You are right that Newton was not in a position to say in detail whether atoms or sub-atomic particles existed. We, like Newton, have plenty
Objectivism is an atheistic philosophy because there is neither a coherent concept of what God would be nor are any of the arguments offered
I am not a Kantian, nor an expert on Kantianism. But the common understanding of "a-priori" is knowledge that can be established prior to...
Consider what it would take to try to prove that there is no such thing as a supernatural realm. What evidence would you cite to prove that
I hope you have read D. Moskovitz's answer on agnosticism. If not, you can find it here .You are right: we will never be omniscient. And
Objectivism holds that man has free will. In every moment, many courses of action are open to us; whichever action we take, we could equally
