bob

[Onasander]

bob

[sparkinthedark]

One of the most overrated authors ever.

[gla22]

Ayn Rand is psuedo-philosophyu.

[Onasander]

bob

[gla22]

What exactly is a psuedo-philosopher? And is there money in it?

For rand their was. Her "philosophy" if you want to consider it, tells people what they want to hear.

[Onasander]

bob

[Pancho Lefty]

Philosophy is not dead, although I have not yet read any of the esteemed Philosophers of today. In my existential class where we read Heidegger my teacher mentioned names of current Continental Philosophers that sounded interesting (that took Heidegger's philosophy and went from there). I have to get around to reading them, or at least looking up the notes I wrote down so I can share them with you all.

As for Ayn Rand, from the little I have read about her philosophy it seems like a waste of time. She's not respected in academia, not that it matters - but I don't think anyone that reads a good amount of philosophy respects her either.

[Onasander]

bob

[Pancho Lefty]

Interesting list you have there Onasander. It describes some of my nausea coming in and out of my philosophy classes. But just so you know, picking up the guitar attracts many more ladies than reading Heidegger. In my opinion you see most of these quirks in every profession, we already talked about how people love to feel different. I call it a mental pathos of distance that is built rather hastily. (But me calling it that implies the same and so on. . . )

I did not mean Ayn Rand is not respected just in academia. I meant I have yet to meet anyone well versed in Philosophy that has an ounce of respect for her. Her respect usually comes from people with a political affiliation who want to have a philosophical backbone to support their position and make it appear more sturdy, intellectually most of all. I would know, I suppose I am a Libertarian, and have talked to these rascals a lot in the past year.

That being said I do plan on reading some of her work some day so I can at least have a means of discussing it. But we are all readers here, and know how hard it is to put a book we know we will enjoy down for something we know we will not.

[Frey]

I dated a girl who read her. Very bright girl. There my knowledge ends.