samuraidude123 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I'm pretty sure that Ayn Rand is closer to empiricism than to rationalism. However, what do you guys think: is she more of a rationalist or a empiricist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Ellison Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 She's neither: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rational...empiricism.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 ... a rationalist or a empiricist? Those are not the only alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 If to be pigeonholed by academia, she would most likely be considered an empiricist. As stated already, however, that's a false dichotomy and few philosophers are absolute instantiations of these two views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wolf Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 (edited) So empiricism is basically like materialism, and rationalism is like idealism? Correct me if there are any differences I need to be aware of Edited April 19, 2010 by Black Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream_weaver Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Parmenides versus Heraclitus <snip> change is illogical, that in any clash between mind and reality, reality is dispensable and, therefore, change is an illusion—versus <snip> [the] mind is dispensable, that knowledge is an illusion and nothing exists but change. Or: consciousness without existence versus existence without consciousness. Or: blind dogmatism versus cynical subjectivism. Or: Rationalism versus Empiricism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoso Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I'd say it is important not to paint them all with a very broad brush. Even though Kant and Hume came out of those two camps, fellows like Locke and Leibniz were also amongst them, and there are some useful observations to be found by the careful reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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