Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology About Ayn Rand

Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology About Ayn RandBy Ayn Rand 2nd edition, edited by Harry Binswanger and Leonard Peikoff Ayn Rand states her revolutionary theory of concepts; transcripts of invaluable epistemology workshops she conducted are also included. Topics covered include: What qualifies as an entity? How the act of abstracting is volitionally initiated. Do definitions narrow or expand as knowledge increases? How to validate induction. The meaning of "implicit concept." TABLE OF CONTENTS

Intelligence and IQ tests

This series of lectures presents the full meaning of Ayn Rand’s unique view of consciousness as a process of identification

American Indians did not live in an earthly paradise before Columbus arrived—they were poor

and what egoism demands from a person

The right to property is a principle identifying a fundamental requirement of man's life

The Panama Canal

as undertaken by Bernstein in this volume

selfishness

dictatorship in the name of harmony: Thomas Hobbes

Public versus private education

from treasury securities to commodity futures

but specifically with moral values and with the power of moral values in shaping human character