This is a seminar for people who have read at least some of Ayn Rand's fiction, but little or none of her non-fiction. Dr. Stubblefield discusses the essential principles of Objectivism and demonstrates their logical relationships. While each of the five branches of philosophy–metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and esthetics–is covered, Dr. Stubblefield gives special emphasis to the theory of knowledge (epistemology)–i.e., the theory that tells you how to make your conclusions and evaluations objective.