Category: Objectivism
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More on the Newest Schism
by Jason Stotts Craig Biddle, of The Objective Standard, has now weighed in on Peikoff v. McCaskey in his letter “Justice for John P. McCaskey” published today on his personal website. In it, he defends McCaskey and points out that Peikoff is apparently baseless in his attack on McCaskey and, thus, should be condemned for arbitrarily condemning…
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Who’s Actually Getting Read in Objectivism
by Jason Stotts Danielle Morrill has just put up a list of the top 27 blogs being read in Objectivism up on her blog. Although Erosophia is not listed, in August I had 1,584 visitors, putting me in the top 25 blogs! Since I’ve been blogging since May of 2005, this also makes Erosophia one…
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On the Newest Schism
by Jason Stotts I find it sad and disheartening for the Objectivist movement that schisms are so common that we must name then and specify which we are talking about. I’ve been trying to stay out of the McCaskey v. Peikoff dispute as much as I can, and I am still reserving judgment until more…
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Birthday Carnival
by Jason Stotts Welcome to the very-special-it’s-my-birthday edition of the Objectivist Round Up. For those who may not know, Objectivism, in the words of Ayn Rand, is a “philosophy for living on Earth.” In that spirit, we present essays weekly applying Objectivism to practical problems in order to improve our lives and, by extension, those of…
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Objectivist Round Up
Welcome to the April 22, 2010 edition of Objectivist Round Up and the first Round Up that has been hosted here, on the new Erosophia! I want to remind everyone that today is “Earth Day” and so we should all do our part to make the world a little less habitable for humans…hmm, just realized…
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the January 21, 2010 edition of objectivist round up. Objectivism is the Philosophy of Ayn Rand. She defined it, most eloquently, as a “philosophy for living on Earth.” In that spirit, we present this week’s round up. Myrhaf presents A Nation’s Unity posted at The New Clarion, saying, “Here is a look at…
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Shermer on Rand
by Jason Stotts The latest op-ed out on Ayn Rand is now by Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic Magazine. His understanding of Rand seems to be better than some of the others and you can tell that he has a personal affinity for Objectivism. Check it out: “The Real Rogue Warrior: Ayn Rand, not Sarah…
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Say Justice
by Jason Stotts In case you haven’t seen it yet, Craig Biddle of The Objective Standard has a really nice little essay up about “saying grace” at Thanksgiving dinner called: “Don’t Say Grace, Say Justice.“ One thing I’d like to point out to my more rational readers is that if your family still doesn’t know that…