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Ayn Rand&the Founder Of Objectivism

Posted on:2014-01-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L Z LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330395994897Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Ayn Rand (1905-1982) is one of the most famous public intellectuals andphilosophers in the United States in the20th century.As a famous philosopher, she hasa large number of supporters in USA, including former Federal Reserve ChairmanAlan Greenspan.She emigrated to the United States to leave the Soviet Union, and graduallyformed a huge influence for her Objectivist Philosophy.Objectivist Philosophyemphasizes the objective reality, rationality, self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism.Ayn Rand never show friendship to mainstream philosophical circles, and do notwant to published papers in the mainstream of the philosophical communitypublications.Many people know her as a novelist rather than a philosopher.She is the founder of the Philosophy of Objectivism, and the ObjectiveMovement.Since Ayn Rand ideology into the domestic, the intelligentsia reviews ofAyn Rand, mainly confined to Literature, Ethics.Nobody finished the research of thephilosophy points of Ayn Rand.This article is the first attempt to research of thephilosophical point of Ayn Rand.The significance of understanding Ayn Rand ideological and Ann Randobjectivism is important.We need to know what is "new intellectuals" concept, andunderstand human feelings of Ayn Rand. Then research the Objectivism Philosophyon metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy.Therefore, the "New Intellectuals" and "Philosophy of Objectivism" is the mainstructure of the articles.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ayn Rand, Objectivist, Self-interest
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