Grinning Dog Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Click here for Understanding Objectivism on Ebay Lecture series "Understanding Objectivism" by Leonard Peikoff. The series consists of 22 tapes for a total of 27 hours of playing time. The condition is excellent. Includes two-page pamphlet of key points and homework assignments. I reached a whole new understanding of Objectivism after listening to these lectures. If you have had difficulty integrating the ideas of "Atlas Shrugged" or "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" into your life or just want to understand Objectivism at a deeper level this is for you. From the back cover: This course is addressed to those who may experience difficulty in completely digesting the ideas of Ayn Rand. The course includes, theory, demonstrations and exercises. (Each lecture includes a Q & A period.) 1. Introduction. The widespread detachment of philosophy from life. Are there problems inherent in living by a philosophy? The need for a method of understanding abstract ideas. 2-6. Digesting Objectivist Ideas. Essentials of the proper method of understanding ideas, including: the need for concretization; the value (and misuse) of definitions; reduction: the need for systematic return to the perceptual level; integration with other knowledge; playing devil's advocate; establishing an idea's context; hierarchy and spiral progression. 7-9. Two False Methods of Dealing With Ideas. The method of rationalism: separation of ideas from reality; improper reliance on deduction from axioms; false demand for "comprehensiveness" and "system"; tendency to intrinsicism. Rationalist polemics. The method of empiricism: improper emphasis on concretes: rejection of axioms and of hierarchy of knowledge: the tendency to subjectivism. Empiricist polemics. Objectivism vs. rationalism and empiricism: ideas as means of knowing reality; integrating percepts and concepts; the primacy of induction. System without rationalism. Knowledge without omniscience. Cognitive options without subjectivism. Objectivist polemics. 10. Emotions and Morality. The false alternative of repression vs. emotionalism; rationalism and repression; empiricism and emotionalism. "Objectivist repressors." The false alternative of moralizing condemnation (rationalism) vs. amoralism (empiricism). The Objectivist view: contextual absolutism. 11. Judging Intellectual Honesty. Tests of honesty; the role of context and of psycho-epistemology; the impicit vs. the explicit; intellectual passivity vs. dishonesty. Can a man honestly support religion? the welfare state? modern art? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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