Objectivism Through Induction
Date:
Feb 26, 1998
This course, originally given by Leonard Peikoff in 1997, teaches you the method of learning Objectivism’s principles that Ayn Rand used to discover them — the only method (in Rand’s words) of discovering and validating principles in any field: induction.
Induction, in essence, is the process of inferring a generalization from observations. So what are the steps by which one can reach the principles of Objectivism, not by reading books or taking courses, but by looking outward at reality?
The course answers central questions about a proper inductive method, and shows how to use that method to reach and validate several key principles of Objectivism — e.g., causality, egoism, the evil of the initiation of force, objectivity in cognition and values, the status of the arbitrary, and the metaphysical meaning of sex.
According to Dr. Peikoff, this course “is the best way I know of tying your ideas to reality and acquiring a real understanding of Objectivism.”
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Parts:
12
Handout:
none
Publications:
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Campus, 2018
(En)
- 1094 mins
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e-Store, 1999
(En)
- 1091 mins
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 86 mins
- Lesson 1 - An Inductive Approach to Philosophy
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 91 mins
- Lesson 2 - Reason as Man’s Basic Means of Survival
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 95 mins
- Lesson 3 - Validating Egoism Inductively
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 94 mins
- Lesson 5 - Justice and Objectivity
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 91 mins
- Lesson 4 - Egoism and Justice
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 93 mins
- Lesson 6 - Aristotle’s Induction of Objectivity
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 90 mins
- Lesson 7 - Objectivity: From Aristotle to Ayn Rand
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 92 mins
- Lesson 8 - The Evil of Initiating Force
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 101 mins
- Lesson 9 - Sex and Metaphysical
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 86 mins
- Lesson 10 - Values as Objective
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 83 mins
- Lesson 11 - The Arbitrary as Neither True Nor False
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YouTube, 2020
(En)
- 91 mins
- Lesson 12 - Final Exam: Leonard Peikoff’s Answers