humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 5, 11:58 pm, male...@gmail.com wrote:

> I did not state that Rand was 'a poor philosopher,'

You have in the past, and it is easy to infer in this case. You say
Rand deals with "universals" but (implied) poorly. The fact is: Rand
throws "universals" and "apriori concepts" out the window and does not
bother to see where they land.


> You can call it 'bilge,' but Rand dealt with it very seriously, she
> considered it a question of paramount importance (3), and I am
> dealing with Rand's arguments not your argument that the whole
> question is bilge. As long as Rand took it seriously then I will
> deal with it as a question she brought up herself.


She brought it up as an example of something not to do: engage in
philosophy irrationally.