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Harry Binswanger
Member, Board of Directors

ITOE

18 Lessons
22h 37m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
A careful, systematic study of Rand’s monograph, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (ITOE). The course goal is to get fully clear on what the theory is, why it was needed–i.e., the failure of all previous solutions to the...
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Harry Binswanger
Member, Board of Directors

Objectivist Logic

18 Lessons
22h 13m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
Ayn Rand embraced Aristotelian logic but took it much further. This course, through lectures and homework exercises, reviews the three most important ideas of Aristotelian logic and then focuses on the new principles of proper...
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Onkar Ghate
Chief Philosophy Officer & Senior Fellow

Philosophy, Work, and Business

6 Lessons
12h 39m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
Objectivism upholds productive work as the central activity of a good life. To take your life seriously requires taking work seriously. This course will explore principles and attitudes that will help guide you in your...
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Shoshana Milgram

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Investigating the Mind of a Murderer

8 Lessons
16h 43m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
Dostoevsky’s first great novel is sometimes described not as a “whodunit,” but as a “whydunit.” Raskolnikov’s motivations are stated repeatedly, yet they remain mysterious. To uncover the reasons for his actions, we need to attend...
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Jason Rheins

Kant’s Theoretical Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Reason

20 Lessons
48h 17m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
In this course we will study Kant’s mature theoretical philosophy—i.e. his metaphysics and epistemology—through a close reading of his magnum opus, The Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787), and closely related materials. Our goals will be to learn...
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Harry Binswanger
Member, Board of Directors

John Locke’s Political Philosophy

3 Lessons
4h 22m
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Intermediate
Completed 0%
More than any other Enlightenment thinker, John Locke was responsible for the creation of the United States. His thoughts on the nature of human knowledge, individual rights, and the sacred value of free thought against...
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Adam Mossoff
Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

A Legal System as an Intellectual Achievement

17 Lessons
31h 44m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
A legal system is a foundation of a civilized society. The law defines how political institutions function and comprises the rules that define how citizens interact in their daily lives. This course will study legal...
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Keith Lockitch
Vice President of Content & Senior Fellow

Introduction to Writing

10 Lessons
22h 43m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
This course teaches the basic principles and methods of objective communication. We’ll treat communication as a science, as a skill that has certain objective principles that can be learned and applied to the improvement of...
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Robert Mayhew
Professor of Philosophy Seton Hall University

Thomas Aquinas’ Summa contra Gentiles

8 Lessons
17h 19m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
This course is a critical examination of Aquinas’ Summa contra Gentiles, focusing on the arguments he presents in defense of the existence and nature of God, and of God’s relationship to the universe and to man....
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Robert Mayhew
Professor of Philosophy Seton Hall University

Aristotle: Father of Romanticism

3 Lessons
4h 7m
Level
Intermediate
Completed 0%
Could there have been a Romantic school of art if not for the ideas of Aristotle? In this course, Dr. Robert Mayhew addresses this intriguing question. Plato, the first philosopher with a theory of esthetics, saw...
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Gregory Salmieri
Senior Scholar of Philosophy at the Salem Center, University of Texas at Austin

Aristotle’s Theory of Knowledge

3 Lessons
4h 30m
Level
Advanced
Completed 0%
Aristotle is the father and chief defender of the view that the human mind can achieve a deep and rich understanding of the world in terms of fundamental principles derived ultimately from sense-perception. Aristotle’s theory...
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Nikos Sotirakopoulos
Visiting Fellow

The Road to Critical Race Theory

17 Lessons
36h 35m
Level
ARU
Completed 0%
This is an ongoing live course of Ayn Rand University, a new kind of university which provides advanced live courses in philosophy and communication from an Objectivist perspective. ARU courses include weekly live classes conducted by...
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