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I stand corrected. It looks like it was a mistake to attribute psychological egoism to Ayn Rand. I do think, however, that the argument I setup in my post will
by kmdupree 12y ago
I stand corrected. It looks like it was a mistake to attribute psychological egoism to Ayn Rand.
I do think, however, that the argument I setup in my post will turn out to be sound in spite of Rand's criticisms of the analytic-synthetic distinction.
- dmfdmf 12y agoAh, its not just a minor criticism of the analytic-synthetic dichotomy but a devastating identification of Kant's fatal error regarding consciousness and his theory of concepts that eviscerates Kant's entire intellectual framework. Your whole "wrong or trivial" approach is an excellent example of the analytic-synthetic dichotomy "in the wild" and accepts the Kantian worldview. Your professors in grad school are wrong and either unable or unwilling to identify this fact. Did you read the article by Leonard Peikoff?