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Check Your Premises
http://check-your-premises.blogspot.com/
Critical comments on Objectivism
- Added on: Mar 8th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Henry Scuoteguazza
- Listed in: Libertarian Philosophy
- Tags: Ayn Rand objectivism book review rights cultural change
Recent Posts
Beyond The Happiness Hypothesis: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
In monitoring the hits this blog gets I’ve noticed that my review of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom has been getting the most visitors, particularly in the most recent couple of months. While I’m not sure why thi...
Signature in the Cell -- Comments
Anyone familiar with Objectivism knows that Rand was an atheist. While Rand didn’t write specifically on intelligent design (ID) I’m sure she would have dismissed this argument because of its support for a supernatural being. Although I know it...
Ken Wilber’s All Quadrant All Levels, Spiral Dynamics and Objectivism
As you'd expect by the title and nature of this blog I am influenced by Ayn Rand. However Ken Wilber has also influenced my thinking. If you're not familiar with Wilber the best way I can describe his thinking is systematic Buddhism. I'm sure Rand an...
From the same star: reflections on our common roots
When I visited my mother recently she played an album, Vom selben Stern (From the same star), by a German group called Ich + Ich. While it has some catchy tunes, I especially like the title song for the thought behind it: that we’re all made from t...
Talent is Overrated Review
This topic doesn't directly relate to Objectivism but I found it interesting nonetheless. Most of believe some people “have it” and some people don’t. What the people “have” is talent. Gobs and gobs of talent that allows them to be world c...
The Success Trap
The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living is one of my favorite "self-help" books. (Reviewed here on November 6, 2008.) After reading it I signed up for the newsletter issued by Russ Harris. The latest one contains some interestin...
