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Leo Strauss: Three Waves of Modernity

June 16, 2016 by Daniel Halverson 9 Comments

Leo Strauss: Three Waves of Modernity

“The crisis of modernity reveals itself in the fact … that modern western man no longer knows what he wants – that he no longer believes that he can know what is good and bad, right and wrong.” –Leo Strauss

Rationality vs. Reasonableness

July 10, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer 7 Comments

Rationality vs. Reasonableness

The terms “reason” and “rationality” are generally used interchangeably, where the latter is perhaps more technical, or sometimes “reason” is used to describe the human faculty while “rationality” the normative standard to which the faculty aspires. “Reasonable” has acquired a more general usage in social discourse as anyone willing to listen to reason, i.e. anyone whose motives you can figure Continue Reading …

Episode 78: Ayn Rand on Living Rationally

July 1, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Episode 78: Ayn Rand on Living Rationally

On Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (1967) and “The Objectivist Ethics” (1961). First Rand grounds everyday human knowledge, largely by dismissing the concerns of other philosophers (even those whom she unknowingly parrots) as absurd. Then she uses this certainty to argue for her semi-Nietzschean vision of Great Men who master their emotions and rely only on themselves. Learn more.

End song: “Things We Should Do” by Mark Lint featuring Lucy Lawless (2013). Read about it.

Episode 78: Ayn Rand on Living Rationally

July 1, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer 74 Comments

Episode 78: Ayn Rand on Living Rationally

On Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (1967) and “The Objectivist Ethics” (1961).

Topic for #78: Ayn Rand on Living Rationally

June 14, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer 140 Comments

Listen to the episode. Bowing to repeated listener requests for an Ayn Rand episode, on the eve of 6/9/13 the regular PEL foursome started our discussion, got tired after a couple of hours, and recorded some more on 6/13. We plan to edit the result heavily enough to reduce the amount of frustrated kvetching (“Is that actually supposed to be Continue Reading …

“Be Reasonable!”

August 21, 2012 by Mark Linsenmayer 11 Comments

“Be Reasonable!”

I wanted to expand a bit on the critique of reason as mentioned in my previous post on Rand, and readers should keep in mind that this is chiefly a response to a strain I’ve picked up on in popular culture which may or may not accurately capture anything Rand actually said (though it does match my 20+ year old Continue Reading …

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