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©2011 by Glenn Jorgensen I previously wrote about the fundamental issue in the Peikoff/McCaskey controversy; namely that McCaskey’s viewpoint is inconsistent with the principles of Objectivist epistemology and therefore Dr. Peikoff was right in demanding McCaskey be removed from the board of ARI. This addendum discusses another issue that deserves attention as well. For reference, […] ©2011 by Glenn Jorgensen Many Objectivists are aware of the fact that John McCaskey has resigned from the board of the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI). This article assumes familiarity with the events that have occurred in this controversy. Briefly, McCaskey criticized a major ARI project – David Harriman’s book The Logical Leap. Leonard Peikoff issued […] by Warren Ross There are some extraordinary philosophical lessons to learn from hurricane Ike, for those attentive and philosophically astute to learn them. In this dire emergency, caused by the direct hit of a near category 3 hurricane on the fourth largest city in the country, more than two million people were without power, an […] In Houston on Friday, July 18th, a congressional hearing took place on a bill that would dramatically change health care as we know it in the United States for every single citizen, yet Saturday’s edition of the Houston Chronicle didn’t even mention the fact that this hearing took place. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, along with […] The Health Museum on Herman drive was the scene Friday afternoon of a contemptible sham “hearing” of John Conyers’ Judiciary committee. It was run as a well staged play by that consummate director Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. All of the actors (witnesses) began with fawning adoration for Ms. Lee and Mr. Conyers. Most were groveling […] by Janet Westphal Report by the HOS president on the healthcare meeting held by Houston Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Michigan Representative John Conyers, Jr. Besides myself, three other members showed up to the healthcare meeting on Friday, July 18th (which actually was a Congressional Hearing). I had planned my son’s feedings around the meeting, […] The following letter was written by an HOS member and published in the Houston Chronicle. One editorial and another article by Paul Krugman appeared in Friday’s paper lamenting the fact that the federal and state government don’t provide health care to everyone who needs it. Both of these pieces assume that if citizens need something, […] The following was submitted to the Houston Chronicle by Brian Phillips. It was not published. Recent events, such as the release of Stephen Klineberg’s newest survey and the controversy over the Ashby High Rise, have provoked a renewed discussion over land use restrictions in Houston. While such discussions are important, they are meaningless unless […] by Warren Ross Dear HOS Member, I thought there were many good aspects of President Bush’s speech on terrorism the other night. He took an uncompromising moral stand, refused to negotiate with the terrorist countries, and identified how we could win the war against terrorism. I think that for the most part he reassured the […] |
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Why Epistemology is Important
The following was presented by Glenn Jorgensen at the November 2015 HOS meeting.
Introduction Why do people support bad political policies? The anti-trust laws, Obamacare, Objectivists for Ron Paul: these are just a few examples of the many destructive policies advocated by people who claim to be defenders of freedom. The answer can be found […]