humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:55:54 -0800, Malrassic Park
wrote:

>The problem is not well worded as "Where is the manness in men?" The
>question is more like "What creates knowledge of manness?" Or even,
>"Where does knowledge of manness come from?"

That is, in order to make it a problem for *epistemology*, the
knowledge aspect must be involved somewhere in terms of its origins
and validity. Rand wanted to skip over and assume the validity of the
senses, yet that would be part of an introduction to epistemology, not
a theory of concept-formation which should come after the examination
of the origins and validation of knowledge. Rand put off until later
the very question which should have been answered in such an
introduction: the validity of the senses, which is the only direct
route to gathering the material from which knowledge is created, and
then concepts.
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We usually go over the top w/ our new found freedoms.
Unfortunately, her 'followers' are as radical as Pat
Robertson's. Discernment goes out the window.
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