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[From the
archives: Early 2000] Allan Gotthelf
talks about his book, "ON AYN RAND"
Purchase Allan Gotthelf's book
here
The Chapters
1. Life and Intellectual Development
(1905-43)
2. Life and Intellectual Development
(1943-82)
3. “A Philosophy for Living on
Earth”
4. Metaphysics
5. Metaphysics
(continued)
6. Perception and
Concepts
7. Objectivity
8. Man: The Volitionally Rational
Living Being
9. Ethics: The Objective
Foundation
10. Virtue, Self and Others (with a
brief look at Pollitics and Estheetcis)
11. The Benevolent Universe Premise
and The Heroic View of Man
Bibliography |
Topics covered include
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“On Ayn
Rand” – at the time of the interview – was the latest addition to
the Wadsworth Philosophers Series.
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The
Benevolent Universe Premise and the Heroic View of
Man.
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What value
is central to Ayn Rand’s view of a hero?
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What is
reason?
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What are
emotions?
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Is there a
connection between the two? Are reason and emotions at odds
with each other? Are reason and passion mutually
exclusive?
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Reason and self-esteem.
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The
actress who didn’t believe she needed philosophy. Why was
she wrong? What’s the danger in consciously discarding
philosophy?
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How should
a person gain his philosophy?
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What is
philosophy?
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What is
the meaning of life? And is mysticism required to answer
this question?
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What is
“value”?
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What does
human survival require?
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What does
it mean for a human being “to live”?
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Selfishness: what is it according to Ayn Rand? Contrasting
it with the Nietzchien view.
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The
harmony of rational interests.
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In Ayn
Rand’s novel, "The Fountainhead," Howard Roark gives up a job that
would bring him wealth and fame. How was that, by Ayn Rand’s
philosophy, a selfish act?
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How did
Allan Gotthelf first meet Ayn Rand? And what were her first words
to him?
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Dr.
Gotthelf’s achievement with “On Ayn Rand”.
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How
Dr.Gotthelf came to write the book.
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How the book is meant to be used?
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The origin
of Ayn Rand’s name - and a correction.
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What were
the first two titles that Ayn Rand chose for The
Fountainhead before she settled on the published
name? Why didn’t she use those names? Why was she
never perfectly satisfied with the name The
Fountainhead?
A personal
note from PRODOS
"I consider Dr Allan Gotthelf one
of the world's top experts and best scholars in Ayn Rand
philosophy. An outstanding intellect and a first rate
individual." | |
Guest: Dr Allan
Gotthelf
Emeritus professor of philosophy at the College of New
Jersey and visiting professor of history and philosophy of
science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he holds the
University
of Pittsburgh
Fellowship for the Study of
Objectivism.
For more information about Dr Gotthelf please check his page
@ the University of Pittsburg, Department of History and
Philosophy >> click here
Dr Allan Gotthelf is also Chairman of the Ayn Rand
Society >> click
here
Special thanks to ... Sydney Kendall, Betsy Speicher, Stephen Speicher
Books by Ayn
Rand
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