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ITOE

Harry Binswanger

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49 Lessons

61h 42m

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49 Lessons

61h 42m

Level

ARU

Completed 0%

Description

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 “problem of universals”; how Rand’s theory represents a revolutionary approach to consciousness as such; and how the Objectivist view of concepts underlies the entire Objectivist philosophy. Students will be taught how to chew and digest Rand’s philosophic writing, using homework exercises and very brief writing assignments. This is an intermediate to advanced course (“300 level”) and presupposes successful completion of at least two other philosophy courses.

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Harry Binswanger

Harry Binswanger received his doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University in 1973 and has taught philosophy at Hunter College, the New School for Social Research and the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1994 he has taught courses on Ayn Rand’s philosophic system, ethics and epistemology at the Objectivist Academic Center. Dr. Binswanger is the author of How We Know, a book on the theory of knowledge. His previous books are The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts and The Ayn Rand Lexicon. He is coeditor of the second expanded edition of Ayn Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. He is a regular speaker at universities on Ayn Rand’s philosophy. A senior contributor at RealClearMarkets, he has also appeared on TV shows hosted by Glenn Beck, Geraldo Rivera and Judge Anthony Napolitano, as well as in two documentary films about Ayn Rand. He also moderates and writes for an email list on Objectivism and its application to today’s issues at www.hbletter.com. He has been a member of the Ayn Rand Institute’s board of directors since the organization’s inception. In Ayn Rand’s last years, Dr. Binswanger became her associate and friend.

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ITOE

Description

Curriculum

Class 1.1

Class 1.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 1.2

Class 2.1

Class 2.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 2.2

Class 3.1

Class 3.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 3.2

Class 4.1

Class 4.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 4.2

Class 5.1

Class 5.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 5.2

Class 6.1

Class 6.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 6.2

Class 7.1 – Live Class

Class 7.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 7.2

Class 8.1

Class 8.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 8.2

Class 9.1

Class 9.2

Class 9.2 – Open Office Hour

Class 10.1

Class 10.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 10.2

Class 11.1

Class 11.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 11.2

Week 12 – Open Office Hour

Class 13.1

Class 13.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 13.2

Class 14.1

Class 14.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 14.2

Class 15.1

Class 15.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 15.2

Class 16.1

Class 16.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 16.2

Class 17.1

Class 17.1 – Open Office Hour

Class 17.2

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