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Objectivism is the formal name given to the philosophy of Ayn Rand.
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What philosophies influenced Ayn Rand's Objectivism
What prior philosophies did Ayn Rand build upon to construct Objectivism? I know about aristotelian, and platonism helped make it but I cant find which of their principles did? furthermore I don't ...
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Criticisms of Objectivist epistemology and metaphysics
I’m curious if the community here (as a disclaimer, I’m not a philosophy expert, just a layperson with a lot of interest) what major criticisms there are of objectivist epistemology and metaphysics? I ...
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Why didn't Ayn Rand go on strike?
One of the key messages of Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged is that you should go on strike and not share your achievements with the world since they will be used against you anyway. People vilify ...
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Has anyone tried the Rearden defense?
My question requires some context – please bear with me.
In Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged, industrialist Hank Rearden violates the so-called 'fair share' law by doing business with another character. ...
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What is an objective property? [closed]
This question seems to be at the very hart of philosophy? How do we know that a property of an object is part of the object itself? When is the propery objective? Can the object be seen when standing ...
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Do the words "in relation to" imply relativism?
Do the words "in relation to" imply any relativism? For example: "The earth is small in relation to the Sun", or "I am good in relation to mathematics", or "He is ...
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Is absolute moral relativism impossible?
Is my rationale correct here?:
If relativism is relative, relativism is a contradiction in itself, because you’re forced to believe what other people think is morally correct, is correct for them, and ...
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Would Ayn Rand's Objectivism work in a society?
For some background, I'm not a serious academic or philosopher, but I have been studying Ayn Rand, her novels, and her philosophy of Objectivism in my English Literature class.
A large part of ...
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Is there something between objective truth and opinions?
Is there something between objective truth and opinions? Sometimes, there's no objective truth to a question, but is there a way to assess how valid an opinion is and is there a class of opinions that'...
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Life as the standard of value in Ayn Rand's Objectivism, and the significance of a flourishing life
If life is the standard of value in Objectivism, and Stalin experienced personal fulfillment ... then are moral judgments about Stalin's life to be -- according to Objectivist philosophy -- based upon ...
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Transcendental and non-transcendental god and objectivism
Objectivism rejects transcendence as it is not part of the objective world that exists and which we can explore. But what if we put time in this equation?
As we see through the years, many phenomena ...
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What direction does Ayn Rand's Objectivism give for making a decision that would benefit me slightly while damaging another greatly?
This question along with the scenario I give below may seem judgmental, but that isn’t the intent. I’m just trying to get a better handle on Rand’s sense of ethics. I’m looking at #3 in a list found ...
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What version of Objectivism makes this claim?
I read something many years ago, most likely in print, that I've occasionally tried to find again. It purported to be the cosmology of Objectivism or some version of it. I believe the exact wording of ...
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Capitalism stance on natural disasters
This question is not really related to objectivism, but I am somewhat intersted in "What would Ayn Rand say?", with emphasis on her defense of capitalism rather than her general philosophy.
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How journalism's rationale to tell facts feasible? How objectivity may be achieved if at all by journalists?
On background of some recent events - that regarding Jerusalem's status (the US step of moving their embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem) and the clash between IDF and Hamas and Palestinians in the ...
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