The Objectivist Epistemology

In Allan Gotthelf & Gregory Salmieri (eds.), A Companion to Ayn Rand. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 272–318 (2016)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This chapter aims to make Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (ITOE) more accessible both to students of epistemology without a background in Objectivism and to students of Objectivism without a background in epistemology. It begins with a discussion of some figures and issues in the history of philosophy that helps to appreciate what Ayn Rand meant by the advocacy of reason and why she saw the issue of concepts as central to epistemology. The chapter then considers Rand view of consciousness and sense perception, and also discusses her view of the process by which concepts and a whole system of conceptual knowledge are built upon a perceptual foundation. Next, it looks more closely at Rand's conception of objectivity and how it relates to her theory of concepts. Finally, the chapter considers the standards that follow from Rand's theory for the proper formation and use of concepts.

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 101,757

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

On Ayn Rand.Allan Gotthelf - 2000 - Cengage Learning.
Introduction to objectivist epistemology.Ayn Rand - 1966 - New York, N.Y.: New American Library. Edited by Leonard Peikoff & Harry Binswanger.
Porter's Rand: A Commentary. [REVIEW]Carolyn Ray - 2001 - Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 3 (1):117 - 124.
Epistemology According to Rand and Hayek.Robert F. Mulligan - 2023 - Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 23 (1-2):123-153.
Objectivist Metaphysics.Jason G. Rheins - 2016 - In Allan Gotthelf & Gregory Salmieri (eds.), A Companion to Ayn Rand. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 243–271.

Analytics

Added to PP
2023-06-15

Downloads
44 (#510,722)

6 months
14 (#239,352)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Gregory Salmieri
University of Texas at Austin

Citations of this work

Reply to the Critics of Russian Radical 2.0: Defining Issues.Roger E. Bissell - 2017 - Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 17 (2):306-320.
Prologue.Robert L. Campbell & Chris Matthew Sciabarra - 2016 - Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 16 (1-2):1-14.
The Man Who Would Be Galt. [REVIEW]Dennis C. Hardin - 2020 - Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 20 (2):161-300.

Add more citations

References found in this work

The Varieties of Reference.Gareth Evans - 1982 - Oxford: Oxford University Press. Edited by John Henry McDowell.
Naming and Necessity.Saul Kripke - 1980 - Critica 17 (49):69-71.
Sense and Sensibilia.J. L. Austin - 1962 - Oxford University Press USA.
Meaning and reference.Hilary Putnam - 1973 - Journal of Philosophy 70 (19):699-711.

View all 25 references / Add more references