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David Kelley
The Code of the Creator
(For an abbreviated version of this essay please see "Code of the Creator.") This essay was the ninth and final essay in The Literary Art of Ayn Rand. It first appeared as the companion of Stephen Cox’s talk at the 50th anniversary celebration of The Fountainhead, held in New York in 1993.5 Editor William R Thomas wrote, "This is a fitting conclusion for this volume because it brings us back to the ultimate source of Rand’s lasting cultural impact: her distinctive moral s
David Kelley earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University in 1975, and later taught cognitive science and philosophy at Vassar College and Brandeis University. His articles on social issues and public policy have appeared in Harper's, The Sciences, Reason, Harvard Business Review, The Freeman, and elsewhere. His books include Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence; The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand; The Evidence of the Senses; and The Art of Reasoning, one of the most widely used logic textbooks in the country. Kelley is founder and chief intellectual officer of The Atlas Society.
The Perception of Causality (Part 2)
Categories:
Epistemology,
Philosophy |
Our knowledge of the world, and our ability to act in it, depends on our grasp of causal relationships among things—the ways they act and interact. How do we identify cause and effect? Where does such knowledge begin? David Kelley discusses the issues of whether and how we can perceive causality, drawing on the theory of perception in his book The Evidence of the Senses. He also addresses recent and related work by other Objectivists.
Frank Bubb: In Memoriam
Categories: N/A |
December 11, 2012 -- We’re deeply saddened to inform our friends of the death of Frank Bubb. Frank was a Founding Member of The Atlas Society, and, from 2003 to 2010, a member of its Board of Trustees. On November 8th he lost his five-year battle with Young Onset Alzheimer's Disease.
Atlas University | Reason | Lecture 1: What is Reason?
"I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason…." Ayn Rand
David Kelley earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University in 1975, and later taught cognitive science and philosophy at Vassar College and Brandeis University. His articles on social issues and public policy have appeared in Harper's, The Sciences, Reason, Harvard Business Review, The Freeman, and elsewhere. His books include Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence; The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand; The Evidence of the Senses; and The Art of Reasoning, one of the most widely used logic textbooks in the country. Kelley is founder and chief intellectual officer of The Atlas Society.
Myth: Ayn Rand was an Elitist
The heroes of Ayn Rand’s fiction are great achievers, like Howard Roark, the superlative architect in The Fountainhead, and John Galt, the brilliant physicist-philosopher in Atlas Shrugged. Moreover, Galt is a revolutionary advocate for achievers: he leads a strike of the most productive people by convincing them to shrug off the burdens society has placed on them.
Altruismo y Capitalismo
Categories:
Economics /Business /Finance,
Politics |
El sistema capitalista se inició en el siglo que va de 1750 a 1850, como resultado de tres revoluciones. La primera fue una revolución política: el triunfo del liberalismo, particularmente la doctrina de los derechos naturales, y la visión de que la función del gobierno debe limitarse a proteger los derechos individuales, incluyendo los derechos de propiedad.
