[MD] Alternatives to the scientific method

[ian glendinning]

I think we're missing each other Craig.

Referring to her as a Russian emigre - I was not commenting on her
foreign language skills, but her crude comparative politics - from
totalitarian socialism to free-market democracy.

Referring to the number of words of writing was nothing to do with
objecting to the length of reading - I was pointing out that there
wasn't much philosophy or politics in OTHER THAN the basic points
mentioned here endless times already.

Referring to previous philosohers like Socrates and Mill I am not
concerned with originality or lack of it - just that she didn't seem
to add anything, beyond the no-brainer "easy-bits" aka - Freedom good,
imposition of force bad, and take responsibilty for your own
philosophy of life.

Does she actually offer enything else ?
Frankly I can't see anything in Randian Objectivism likely to a appeal
to a Pirsigian who recognises that the primacy of "objects" (eg
capital) is a fallacy in the first place.
Ian

On 8/16/07, craigerb at comcast.net <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
> Ian,
> In re: Rand
> 1) True, she writes in a language other than her native tongue.  But so do many other writers.  If you're not bilingual you might think this is impossible to do well.  If you are bilingual you'll take it as a matter of course.
> 2) True, her novels (particularly, "Atlas Shrugged") are long. You might wish that for that length her characters were more nuanced or undergo more developement.  That is not Rand's style.  You'll like her writing style if you like that kind of writing.  I've known people who upon finishing "Atlas Shrugged" turn to the first page & begin reading again.
> 3) True, others before her have had views similar to hers. Yet as the terms "Randism", "Randianism" or "Objectivism" (her preferred term) attest, her philosophy was worthy of being considered as a coherent whole.  I would think that she is considered the greatest female philosopher ever.
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