Objectivism Seminar: Foundations – Year 2
Lead Faculty
Onkar Ghate
This is the second year of a two-year seminar exploring Objectivism in depth, with a focus on understanding its core principles in the context of the history of philosophy and other thinkers’ answers to major philosophical questions. Year 1 focused especially on ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. Year 2, the current course, focuses on foundational issues and the guidance Objectivism offers in epistemology, ethics, and politics.
October 2022 – September 2023
Audit the Class
Auditing is a great choice for students who want to attend live lectures, ask questions, and participate in some discussions, but do not want to submit assignments.
A typical auditor is a busy professional or retiree, who finds our courses enriching and seeks to learn from our faculty as a hobby. You do not need to apply to audit, simply pay the tuition fee and you will be automatically enrolled in the course.
$2,000.00
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Graded students in this course are expected to attend lectures and discussion sections, and also to submit assignments to the faculty. Assignments will be graded and given feedback.
To enter this course as a graded student, you must be accepted into the graded program of Ayn Rand University and achieve the necessary prerequisites. Your annual tuition covers as many courses as you wish to take. Most accepted students are granted scholarships, which substantially defray their tuition cost.
Scholarships Available
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Description
This is the second year of a two-year seminar offering a comprehensive overview of Objectivism, with a focus on understanding its core principles in the context of the history of philosophy and other thinkers’ answers to major philosophical questions.
The course will help you learn how to better understand various principles of Objectivism and philosophical issues more generally, including especially the fact that Objectivism’s principles often address long-standing philosophical issues.
Year 1 explored in some depth some of the key principles of Objectivism, especially in ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. Year 2, the current course, focuses on foundational issues and the guidance Objectivism offers in epistemology, ethics, and politics.
The cash value of gaining a better understanding of the principles of Objectivism, including some of its advice about proper philosophical methodology, is that the philosophy can become more fully an aid to your own life: to your thinking, work and happiness.
October 2022 – September 2023
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