| 2005 Summer Seminar |
—David Kelley, Ph.D. and William Thomas, M.A.
Course Description:
Ayn Rand's distinctive concept of objectivity is the basis of the Objectivist approach to knowledge, art, morality, and law. In this course, David Kelley and William Thomas will present the fundamentals of Rand's theory of objective knowledge and survey its implications for science, politics, and the moral life. The course will cover the objective-subjective-intrinsic "trichotomy"; the objective theory of concept formation, certainty, and induction; and the personal virtue of objectivity. This is a more advanced course that presupposes a familiarity with the Objectivist system and with Ayn Rand's major writings.
David Kelley is the founder of the Objectivist Center. He is the author of a major logic textbook, The Art of Reasoning, and his writings on epistemology include The Evidence of the Senses, "A Theory of Abstraction," and "Evidence and Justification."
William Thomas is Director of Programs at the Center. He is the editor of The Literary Art of Ayn Rand and author of the audio course The Essence of Objectivism.
Schedule: All Days, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Track: Philosophy