Boydstun

Philosophy of Perception
– Sensory Qualities: Their Relation to Sensory System and World
– Primary/Secondary Qualities
– Perception and Objectivity (& Supplement)

Logic

– Origin of 'A is A' Formula
– Why Be Logical?
– Epistemology and Logic

Change and Causality

– Induction and Causality
– Causal Power of Attributes
– Inhering, yet Causing
– Rand's Law of Causality without Uniqueness
– Identity to Causality / Meyerson / Ockham
– Ontology of Time
– Gradients and Drivers
– Types of Cause

Mathematics in Science
– Functions of Mathematical Description in Astronomy and Optics, Illustrations from Antiquity
– Angular Momentum and Causation
– Rainbows –
—Aristotle
—Ibn Sahl
—Ibn al-Haytham / Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi / Kamal al-Din al-Farisi / Roger Bacon
—Theodoric of Freiberg A, B

Scientific Cosmology
– Copernican Revolution and Significance
– Universe as a Concrete
– Totality Referent
– General Relativity and Cosmology – a, b
– Einstein Online
– Total Angular Momentum of Universe
– By Microwave and Radio
– Endless Existence – a, b
– Roger Penrose – Cycles of Time

Rational Egoism
– Function of Mind
– Function of Ethics
– Supported Choice to Live
– Desire to Value
– Altruism
– Sacrifice
– Value Out There
– Visibility, Benevolence, and Egoism – a, b

Ayn Rand
– Original, True, Important
– Blok
– Universals
– Objectivist Label – a, b