Philosophy, Science, Religion: Álvarez Interviews Mayhew

In this interview, Robert Mayhew, a professor of philosophy and board member at ARI, discusses with Gloria Álvarez the importance of reason in Ayn Rand’s philosophy, why this faculty is incompatible with religious faith, the role reason plays in science, and how destructive religion can be to the human mind.

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Honesty in work and trade work for me, and nothing else.

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How does he get on withthe Dominicans (I believe that Seton Hall is a Dominican college)? At Providence College in the '73-'75 timeframe I was, as the sports people say, a "hot property" of the Psych (my "concentration") Dept, Philosophy Dept, Western Civ Dept and Religious Studies Dept (Don't forget, this is the Dominicans and Thomism is Aristotelian by declaration and being the home of Aquinas). I did a lecture on Objectivism for two Western Civ classes Western Civ was a 2 year, 4 days/week course that was team-taught from each of these departments History, Religious Studies, Philosophy and Art and Literatur. Friday was Seminar day where the students participated in a seminar of their choice from those departments. I chose philosophy. In the last seminar, I gave a lecture on O'ism (which today I consider a rubbish lecture but it was hot stuff 48 years ago). The instructor was so impressed that he had me st over and address the seminar of the other Western Civ class that he taught