Craig Biddle To Speak In Annapolis

[danielshrugged]

On Tuesday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the FSK Auditorium, the St. John’s College Objectivist Club will present a live talk:

Ayn Rand’s Epistemology is a Moral Matter

by Craig Biddle

Epistemology is the study of how knowledge is acquired and validated; it identifies what a person should and should not do with his mind if he wants to keep his thinking tied to reality. But good thinking is not an end in itself; one does not strive to think well for the sake of being rational. The ultimate reason to think well is to live well; good thinking is for good living. Epistemology is, in this respect, a moral matter; it is the science of the selfish, life-promoting way to use one's mind. This talk explores the moral nature of epistemology, the principles involved in this integration, and their implications in daily life.

Craig Biddle is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It and of the forthcoming Good Thinking for Good Living: The Science of Being Selfish.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome, but not required. For more information, contact club president Daniel Schwartz at [email protected].

Driving directions:

From Washington, DC, take Route 50 East…

From Baltimore, take I-97 to Route 50 East...

…to Exit 24 (Rowe Blvd.) towards Annapolis. Continue on Rowe Blvd/Bladen St. for about a mile. Turn left onto Calvert St, and left again onto St. John’s Street. You can park in the Mellon Parking Lot (on your right).