[net.sci] Book review: "The Evidence of the Senses"

gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (07/04/86)

In article <14679@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) writes:
>Hah hah hah.  Ayn Rand?  Objectivism?  The book sounds like utter trash.

I take it this is weemba's idea of a book review.
It's certainly what we've come to expect for critical analysis
from people trained in philosophy at Berkeley (or most other
U.S. universities, for that matter).  I once looked up all the
major reviews of Ayn Rand's works and found that they seldom
reached a much higher intellectual plane than that.  The
reasons for such reactions would make an interesting study.

The latest catalog from Laissez-Faire Books had a fair,
accurate summary and appraisal of Ayn Rand's work.  I'm
sure they'd be glad to send you a catalog if you'd like
to see a rational discussion of this.