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I am neck-deep in ARI's 50 hour course on "The History of Western Philosophy" taught by Leonard Peikoff. I am perplexed by an answer to one of the quizzes - perhaps someone can help me. I understood Peikoff to be quite explicit when explaining that Kant taught that true reality (what I take to mean the neumenal world as-it-is-in-itself) is outside the realm of direct consideration. Does he reach the conclusion that causality (via the categories) exists specifically because he has deduced it, and thus we can say (from a Kantian perspective) that causality exists in the world as-it-is-in-itself? I'm wondering if the use of the term "World as-it-is-in-itself" is confusing me here, as I don't know whether this is referring to the Neumenal or Phenomenal. I got this question wrong, even when consulting my notes closely! Argh...any thoughts on this?

I did not see this posted anywhere on the forum so I thought you guys might find it of use. It's a succint but thorough summary of Leonard Peikoff's Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. http://objectivisme.nl/?page_id=2

September is a busy month for Objectivist book releases There's 3 upcoming titles set for realease, in order of release they are: The D.I.M. Hypothesis by leonard Peikoff. Sept. 4th http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451234812/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0X58AVJ6J9RR572P1Y0W&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 Dr. Peikoff's long awaited book about 3 fundamental types of philosophic mindsets, and how they can predict directions of a culture. Free Market Revolution by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins. Sept. 18th http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0230341691/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0X58AVJ6J9RR572P1Y0W&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 Brook and Watkins coauthored book about how to go about putting forth real plans for a Capitalist future. The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure by John Allison. Sept. 25th http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Crisis-Free-Market-Cure/dp/0071806776/ref=pd_sim_b_5 One of the biggest voices for economic and banking policy reform - with support from the Ayn Rand Institute - argues that extreme free market capitalism is the only hope for building back our economy.

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