Aynalytic Philosophy, Part 2

Ayn Rand and Objectivism

In yet further related news, my friend David Gordon is offering an online course on Ayn Rand through the Mises Academy. Sign up now!

I must chide David, however, for his claim that “few activities are as much fun as philosophical arguments.” A philosophical argument is not an activity; it is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition, and as such is an abstract structure, not a process in time.

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5 Responses to Aynalytic Philosophy, Part 2

  1. K.V. May 13, 2011 at 3:34 pm #

    By “philosophical arguments” could David mean the sense of the term in “having philosophical arguments” rather than “discussing philosophical arguments”?

    • Roderick May 13, 2011 at 3:53 pm #

      Why are you anti-mind and anti-life?

  2. Matt Zwolinski May 13, 2011 at 6:01 pm #

    A philosophical argument is not an activity; it is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition, and as such is an abstract structure, not a process in time.

    No it isn’t.

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