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Q. What should I read after Atlas Shrugged?
If I like Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, what other books will I like (need not be by Ayn Rand)?…
Table of Contents
- The Fountainhead, another novel by Rand,
- Anthem, a short novel.
- We the Living,
- For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand.
- Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.
Q. When did rand write Atlas Shrugged?
1957
Q. Why did Ayn Rand move to the US?
The arrival of a letter from cousins in Chicago gave her an opportunity to leave the country on the pretext of gaining expertise that she could apply in the Soviet film industry. Upon her arrival in the United States in 1926, she changed her name to Ayn Rand.
Q. Does Objectivism entail intolerance?
Does objectivism entail intolerance? Objectivism is the view that some moral principles are valid for everyone. This entails tolerance because it implies universal morals for everyone. However, absolutism, which implies rigid rules that have no exceptions, must be implied exactly the same way in every situation.
Q. What’s the opposite of Objectivism?
Ethical subjectivism
Q. Is objectivism and positivism the same?
is that positivism is (philosophy) a doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics while objectivism is (philosophy) one of several doctrines …
Q. What are the assumptions of positivism?
Positivism (Logical Positivism) Positivism is a philosophy that holds that empirical evidence obtained through the senses is the only firm foundation for knowledge. Further, it insists that valid knowledge can only be assumed if all observers come up with essentially the same description of a thing.
