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Setting aside the significance of Rand in the philosophical canon (which is minimal, though that almost certainly reflects a bias against her politics), the cla
by b450 3y ago
Setting aside the significance of Rand in the philosophical canon (which is minimal, though that almost certainly reflects a bias against her politics), the claim that Rand is the only realist philosopher is pretty outrageous.
- richardanaya 3y ago"realist" philosopher?
- b450 3y agoMaybe not the right term. My point is that many philosophers believe that reality (a) is basically as it seems, and/or (b) is basically knowable. It's very odd to say that those views are exclusive to Rand. edit: one nice example would be Thomas Reid.
- richardanaya 3y agoI don't know how to tell you this, but you are wrong. 1. Plato believed with live in a degenerate physical world that was a reflection of an alternate dimension. 2. Christian philosophy believes god can change the rules of reality at any given moment. 3. Kant believed we cannot know the noumenal world (world beyond our preception) 4. Materialists believe we don't know anything and we're just atoms deterministically saying anything And a ton of derivatives. etc. etc. Aristotle is the most notable exception who believed in hylomorphism, but it was very very early philosophy.
- testrun 3y agoWhy call out Christians? That is most religions, including Judaism and Islam.
- richardanaya 3y agoI don't know Thomas Reid's work, but here's what ChatGPT says about him: "Thomas Reid, a Scottish philosopher and a contemporary of David Hume, is known for his common-sense philosophy, which posits that common sense beliefs have a greater evidentiary value than philosophical or scientific evidence." I'd be wary of your idea he is someone who cares about objective reality.