103 Articles tagged with: History of Philosophy

• What Is “Neoliberalism” Anyway?

  The term “neoliberalism” is being flung around everywhere these days, usually with a haughty sense of “everyone knows what this is.” But do we really? You may think you know, but there’s very little agreement among everyone else.

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• The Objective Values in Magna Carta

  Why should American Objectivists celebrate this medieval document? What does it say that is relevant to us? Can history and tradition be valuable in a philosophy based on reason?

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• Postmodernism in the classroom

  Postmodernism became the leading intellectual movement in the late twentieth century. It has replaced modernism, the philosophy of the Enlightenment. For modernism’s principles of objective reality, reason, and individualism, it has substitute… Read Article

• The Intrinsic, the Subjective, and the Objective (Part 1)

  At our 2001 Summer Seminar Dr. David Ross offered this engaging overview of one of Ayn Rand's most important contributions to philosophy: the objective, subjective, intrinsic trichotomy. Objectivity is under attack from many directions today, bu… Read Article

• The Intrinsic, the Subjective, and the Objective (Part 2)

  At our 2001 Summer Seminar Dr. David Ross offered this engaging overview of one of Ayn Rand 's most important contributions to philosophy: the objective, subjective, intrinsic trichotomy. Objectivity is under attack from many directions today, b… Read Article

• Aphorisms and Philosophy

  Atlas Summit 2014 -- Aphorisms are philosophical statements with a punch: they deliver a statement about life, often in amusing or easy-to-remember terms. They have a long history, starting with the ancient Greeks, and are still used now.

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• Ayn Rand vs. Friedrich Hayek on Abstraction

  Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek were notable 20th century advocates of capitalism. They were two of the most important theorists of the free society and defenders of the free society. Both of them based their political views, in part… Read Article

• Myth: Ayn Rand Wasn't a Serious Philosopher

  On August 2nd, 2009, The New York Times profiled BB&T’s John Allison , who put Ayn Rand’s principles to work at that bank when he was CEO. In that article, the influential blogging philosophy professor Brian Leiter was brought on as an a… Read Article

• The Postmodern Assault on Reason

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• Book Reviews: Verily Verily, Verily, Verily, Life is Not a Dream

  March 2007 -- Paul Boghossian, Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 152 pp., $24.95.

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• Book Review: A Young Person's Guide to Aristotle

  May 2008 -- Jim Whiting, The Life and Times of Aristotle (Hockessin, DE: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2007), 48 pages (hardcover), $19.95.  

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• Friedrich Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals 2nd and 3rd Essays

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ." 

  In this post, I briefly note some of the more interesting points that struck my notice in the second and third essays o… Read Article

• Nietzsche's Metaphysics and Epistemology

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ." 

  It is no easy task trying to understand what Nietzsche’s views on metaphysics and epistemology are. Beyond getting pas… Read Article

• Nietzsche and the Jews, Judaism, and Anti-Semitism

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ." 

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• The Relationship Between the Philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ."

  Stephen Hicks suggests three questions regarding the relationship of the philosophies of Ayn Rand and Nietzsche:

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• Response by William Thomas

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ."

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• Some Points of Agreement Between Ayn Rand and Nietzsche

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ." 

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• Nietzsche's Influence on Jewish Writers

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ."

  I think the ongoing debate on the CyberSeminar about whether Nietzsche was anti-Semitic, whether his writings fueled th… Read Article

• Response by William Dale

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ."

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• Does Nietzsche Believe in Morality?

  This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ."

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