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#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism

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The Name of Objectivism

In objectivism, in objectivity is the idea of an independent reality. She has a book called Introduction to Objectivist of Pistemology which I encourage any scientist to read. The more abstract we get with scientific discoveries, the easier it is to detach them from reality and toattach them from truth. And she was actually taking private lessons in mathematics in algebra and calculus because she believed that there was real insight in understanding algebra into philosophy. So she was definitely like ants discovering new things every day.

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