robstercraws Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Reading the Wikipedia entry for Rand, it says that Objectivism isn't being taught at the Graduate or Phd level of any major university's Philosophy program. Can someone list a graduate or Phd level course currently teaching Objectivism as a comtemporary theory? Please don't list undergraduate courses because many undergraduate course are taught more for historical background rather than current relevance. For example, undergrad courses often include Freud or Marx's for historical context instead of contemporary theory relevance. Thanks for your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greich Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Reading the Wikipedia entry for Rand, it says that Objectivism isn't being taught at the Graduate or Phd level of any major university's Philosophy program. Can someone list a graduate or Phd level course currently teaching Objectivism as a comtemporary theory? I think with some isolated exceptions the Wikipedia entry is true. The exception is that through the Anthem Foundation there have been some graduate seminars in Objectivism. At the University of Texas, Austin for example Harry Binswanger gave a graduate seminar in epistemology recently. But I would be happy to be proven wrong. At the moment, it is my understanding that the only Graduate teaching of Objectivism is at the OAC (the web page is not entirely updated but I thought an announcement had been made that the program is now active). Of course, ARI's OAC is not an accredited program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robstercraws Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I'm very surprised to hear that and I thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondigitalia Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Reading the Wikipedia entry for Rand, it says that Objectivism isn't being taught at the Graduate or Phd level of any major university's Philosophy program. Can someone list a graduate or Phd level course currently teaching Objectivism as a comtemporary theory? Please don't list undergraduate courses because many undergraduate course are taught more for historical background rather than current relevance. For example, undergrad courses often include Freud or Marx's for historical context instead of contemporary theory relevance. Thanks for your input It isn't a major university, but the Objectivist Academic Center currently offers both undergraduate and graduate level courses in Objectivist though. Here's a link: Objectivist Academic Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robstercraws Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Thanks. And I like your quote about getting up and being it. Very cool attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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