Objectivity: Volitional Adherence to Reality by the Method of Logic by Leonard Peikoff

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Advanced Seminars on Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff - Lesson 7 of 15

What is objectivity, and how does one achieve and maintain it? Leonard Peikoff discusses Objectivism’s answers to these questions in this first lesson on chapter 4 of OPAR. In doing so, Peikoff outlines how concepts relate to reality and why the method of logic is required for our thinking to adhere to reality.

Recorded at Conceptual Conferences 1990 in Tamiment, PA.

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00:00 Introduction to Objectivity
7:56 Polemics are not required for truth
(Heartfelt credits to Cynthia Peikoff 😊)
13:46 Why discuss Objectivity here?
24:05 The relation of concepts to reality
28:48 What is Objectivity?
37:50 Logic and the method of human cognition
"It is positively immoral to ever criticize Aristotle because it's like saying somebody gave you a trillion dollars but they didn't also tie your shoe laces." - Peikoff 😂
50:18 Conversation with Ayn Rand regarding Integrating knowledge.
1:03:56 Questions on Concepts as Objective
1:13:00 Final points on volition, reality, and logic
1:19:00 Questions on Objectivity and Logic
View on Symbolic Logic
(And other questions)
1:36:16 Knowledge as Contextual
Without context, you couldn't even say whether you agree with "all men are equal" (equal in what way?) Or "Socrates is Mortal" (are we talking about his ideas that are immortal, the subatomic particles that constituted his body that still exist somewhere, etc?)
1:48:00 Compartmentalizing as a form of context dropping

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