gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norm Gall) (01/18/90)
atrent@guardian.UUCP (Adam Trent) writes: | Sci.philosophy.objectivism would be for Objectivists to | discuss Objectivist issues and for any outsiders to visit and learn | about Objectivism as a movement and a philosophy. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is precisely what makes Objectivism political and non-philosophical in character. 'Philosophies', and I use that term because the laypeople do, don't have movements attached to them... when was the last time you heard from the Kantians on the net.... or the Platonists demand a group??? All of this goes to the point that Rand was a political pundit writing fiction and naive tracts to promulgate her views... there's nothing wrong with this... just spare me the masquerade. Did you catch Willy Quine's last novel, "Donna's Realism"? purile.... nrg -- York University | "Philosophers who make the general claim that a Department of Philosophy | rule simply 'reduces to' its formulations Toronto, Ontario, Canada | are using Occam's razor to cut the throat _________________________| of common sense.' - R. Harris