Comments on: Ayncyclopedia http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:17:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356976 Roderick Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:20:24 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356976 Well, she evidently qualifies according to the SEP. YMMV. Well, she evidently qualifies according to the SEP. YMMV.

]]> By: Anon73 http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356972 Anon73 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:36:48 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356972 With the publication of this article does Ayn Rand now qualify as a "serious" thinker in philosophy? With the publication of this article does Ayn Rand now qualify as a “serious” thinker in philosophy?

]]> By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356971 Roderick Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:41:29 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356971 I've read that, and Bradford raises some good questions; but I don't find his grounds (mostly <em>ex silentio</em>) for dismissing Ferrara's testimony as convincing as he seems to. (Incidentally, an interview with Ferrara appears on the <em>We the Living</em> dvd.) I’ve read that, and Bradford raises some good questions; but I don’t find his grounds (mostly ex silentio) for dismissing Ferrara’s testimony as convincing as he seems to. (Incidentally, an interview with Ferrara appears on the We the Living dvd.)

]]> By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356970 Roderick Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:33:23 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356970 Only two paragraphs (an unhappy choice but our space was limited -- and if something has to be shortchanged, that's always it). Only two paragraphs (an unhappy choice but our space was limited — and if something has to be shortchanged, that’s always it).

]]> By: Edvard V. http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356969 Edvard V. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:20:13 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356969 William Bradford wrote a piece in Liberty some years ago that casts considerable doubt on the story that the Italian film version of We the Living was banned by the Fascist government. http://www.libertyunbound.com/article.php?id=260 William Bradford wrote a piece in Liberty some years ago that casts considerable doubt on the story that the Italian film version of We the Living was banned by the Fascist government.

http://www.libertyunbound.com/article.php?id=260

]]> By: Black Bloke http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356967 Black Bloke Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:08:57 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356967 How much got devoted to aesthetics? How much got devoted to aesthetics?

]]> By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2010/06/08/ayncyclopedia/comment-page-1/#comment-356966 Roderick Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:50:30 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=5488#comment-356966 P.S. - Our bibliography may seem a bit eccentric, in that some of the items we left out are clearly more important than some of the items we included. True, but not exactly our preference. Our initial bibliography was much more complete, but we were asked by the editors to cut it down; then after we'd cut it down, an anonymous referee asked us to add more secondary-lit citations on certain particular points, so the bibliography got <em>selectively</em> re-expanded. <em>Hinc illæ lachrymæ</em>. P.S. – Our bibliography may seem a bit eccentric, in that some of the items we left out are clearly more important than some of the items we included. True, but not exactly our preference. Our initial bibliography was much more complete, but we were asked by the editors to cut it down; then after we’d cut it down, an anonymous referee asked us to add more secondary-lit citations on certain particular points, so the bibliography got selectively re-expanded. Hinc illæ lachrymæ.

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