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    Objectivism Is The Everyman's Philosophy

    In the universe, what you see is what you get,

    figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness,

    and each person's independence is respected by all

  • Rand's Philosophy in Her Own Words

    • "Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness"
    • "Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue"
    • "Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live"
    • "Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"

  • Objectivism Online Chat

    How is causality self-evident?

    RupeeRoundhouse
    By RupeeRoundhouse,
    Per page 15 of OPAR (italics added for emphasis): Isn't self-evidence perceptual-level, i.e., automatic? The reasoning above seems to involve inference so is conceptual-level, i.e., volitional and thereby fallible. I also understand that we perceive entities acting—that much is self-evident—but how does perception establish the relationship "that an entity must act in accordance with its nature" as opposed to merely acting whether in accordance with its nature?

    Existence, We

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    (Click on image.) This image displays the title and subsection titles of my paper to be published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies this July. I developed the metaphysics debuted in this paper over a period of about five years, working on it in the morning hours of each day, beginning before sunrise. An apt name for the resulting philosophy would be Resonant Existence. The image is a pre-dawn look out back at our place, a look to the east. On my way to coffee, I glance out as I’m sayi

    Reblogged:Salmon Saute and Vegetables

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Below is my barely-changed take on a Cajun recipe, which I found after my wife told me she'd like to have salmon for dinners at home. Everyone likes this, including my son, Mr. Picky Eater. What I think makes this one work so well is that the seasonings for the vegetables compliment the flavor of the fish extremely well. As for what I changed, that was merely to experiment by seeing if using frozen versus fresh affected anything for the fish or the squash. It does not, so buy frozen without

    Reblogged:She Escaped the Past -- While in Prison

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Suzanne Lucas guides her readers through the prison epiphany of Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the murder of her college roommate. (She has since been exonerated and released.) Lucas quotes Knox:Lucas likens Knox's subsequent thought process to the Yes, and... improv comedy technique, whose benefits she summarizes as follows:Lucas also provides an example from business of a company that could have benefited from just such a process, but failed because it could not

    Objectivism Research Cd-rom

    Jason Fowler
    By Jason Fowler,
    http://www.aynrandbookstore2.com/store/pro...aitem=2&mitem=5 There is a sale now on the Objectivism Research CD-Rom until March 31st. It includes various fiction and non-fiction works of Ayn Rand, and non-fiction of Peikoff. In addition to that it includes journals, letters, and Objectivist publications. It is by no means complete though, it is missing Marginalia, Ayn Rand's margin notes from various intelectual works including Mises, Hazlitt, and others. But with the vast a

    How to Be an Objective Consumer of Science [or Expertise in General] (Salmieri)

    RupeeRoundhouse
    By RupeeRoundhouse,
    Here‘s the lecture. Below is my outline. Please don’t hesitate to point out errors. Also, in brackets are my own contributions. Finally, Dr. Salmieri topically jumps around a few times so I placed them in the outline where they should be topically for cognitive organization and ease of understanding. Does anyone have the redacted Q&A? ———————————————————————————— How do we decide between competing claims? I. Testimonial knowledge

    Reblogged:Use Cheerleading Journalists to Vet Candidates

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A conservative's praise for DeSantis amounts to 'Nothing sticks to him,' and 'He's taking on the evil corporations, man!'*** Over at the Federalist, Eddie Scarry is busy enjoying a chance to poke fun at the lefties working for the New York Times while pretending Ron DeSantis is the best thing since sliced bread. Cool, nothing sticks to him, but are we cooked if we go with Governor Happy Pan? (Image by trozzolo, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.)To be fair, he does have a point: Modern jou

    Demarcating moral responsibility in relation to emotions

    RupeeRoundhouse
    By RupeeRoundhouse,
    Thought experiment: Someone offers you $5 for every second you keep your hand on a stove. You agree and the stove gradually heats up. At what point do you decide to remove your hand? Real-world example: You want to socialize with a group of industry peers for networking purposes. The intensity of social anxiety is initially dim enough to tolerate but it gradually ramps up. At some point, the intensity is overwhelming and you withdraw from the group. Implications: (A) Can

    Reblogged:A Legal Expert's Anti-ESG Battle Plan

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Author and legal expert Bruce Abramson outlines a legal strategy for countering the left-wing takeover of corporations currently called ESG. I am not an attorney, but his argument sounds credible to me. Here is the gist:Legal strategies can backfire, and laws -- and "rules"-- can change, but it is good to know that there are things on the books now that can be used in an attempt to thwart the progress of this power-grab. The ultimate battle is cultural, of course, meaning that the legal strate

    Some Fine Film Finales

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    At my Facebook page, but I'll try to show them directly in this thread also. 

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