The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand
Encyclopedia
The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand is a collection of essays on Ayn Rand
's philosophy Objectivism
edited by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
. It includes essays by Antony Flew
, Robert Hollinger
Charles King, Tibor R. Machan
, Erick Mack, Wallace Matson, Jack Wheeler, and the editors covering Rand's views of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics.
I. Metaphysics and Epistemology
1. Ayn Rand's Realism by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
2. Rand on Concepts by Wallace Matson
3. Ayn Rand's Epistemology in Historical Perspective by Robert Hollinger Charles King
II. Ethics
4. Life, Teleology, and Eudaimonia in the Ethics of Ayn Rand by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
5. Rand and Aristotle: A Comparison of Objectivist and Aristotelian Ethics by Jack Wheeler
6. Life and the Theory of Value: The Randian Argument Reconsidered by Charles King
7. The Fundamental Moral Elements of Rand's Theory of Rights by Erick Mack
III. Politics
8. Capitalism by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
9. Selfishness and the Unintended Consequences of Intended Action by Antony Flew
10. Reason, Individualism, and Capitalism: The Moral Vision of Ayn Rand by Tibor R. Machan
Conclusion
The Contributors
Index
, 1987).
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
's philosophy Objectivism
Objectivism (Ayn Rand)
Objectivism is a philosophy created by the Russian-American philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand . Objectivism holds that reality exists independent of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception, that one can attain objective knowledge from perception...
edited by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
Douglas B. Rasmussen
Douglas B. Rasmussen is professor of philosophy at St. John's University, where he has taught since 1981.-Biography:Rasmussen earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University. Dr...
. It includes essays by Antony Flew
Antony Flew
Antony Garrard Newton Flew was a British philosopher. Belonging to the analytic and evidentialist schools of thought, he was notable for his works on the philosophy of religion....
, Robert Hollinger
Charles King, Tibor R. Machan
Tibor R. Machan
Tibor Richard Machan, Ph.D. is a Hungarian-American philosopher. A professor emeritus in the department of philosophy at Auburn University, Machan holds the R. C...
, Erick Mack, Wallace Matson, Jack Wheeler, and the editors covering Rand's views of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics.
Table of contents
PrefaceI. Metaphysics and Epistemology
1. Ayn Rand's Realism by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
2. Rand on Concepts by Wallace Matson
3. Ayn Rand's Epistemology in Historical Perspective by Robert Hollinger Charles King
II. Ethics
4. Life, Teleology, and Eudaimonia in the Ethics of Ayn Rand by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
5. Rand and Aristotle: A Comparison of Objectivist and Aristotelian Ethics by Jack Wheeler
6. Life and the Theory of Value: The Randian Argument Reconsidered by Charles King
7. The Fundamental Moral Elements of Rand's Theory of Rights by Erick Mack
III. Politics
8. Capitalism by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
9. Selfishness and the Unintended Consequences of Intended Action by Antony Flew
10. Reason, Individualism, and Capitalism: The Moral Vision of Ayn Rand by Tibor R. Machan
Conclusion
The Contributors
Index
Availability
The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand is available in paperback under ISBN 0252014073 (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois PressUniversity of Illinois Press
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, 1987).