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From: mehuld@APEE.OGI.EDU (Mehul Dave)
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Subject: Re: new news top level proposed (was Re: sci.philosophy.objectivism)
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Date: 17 Jan 90 20:43:58 GMT
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In article <2M41O75xds13@ficc.uu.net>  peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> You have it backward.  She was a philosopher using fiction to present
>> her philosophy -- just as Jules Verne used fiction to present
>> science.  
>
>Even when Verne was writing his books, the science in them was known to
>contain huge amounts of dubious or just plain erronious information. Verne
>was a writer of adventure fiction with a sprinkling of good science and
>a lot of handwaving. If Ayn Rand's work is indeed of this quality, I
>really doubt this group has a place in 'sci'.

No, Ayn Rand's work is not of that quality.  Her using fiction to
present her philosophy is only a part of her works.  She later
published several non-fiction works that defined her philosophy,
Objectivism.  See, for instance, Introduction to Objectivist
Epistemology, The Virtue of Selfishness (deals with objectivist ethics
and politics), The Romantic Manifesto (esthetics).

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--Mehul Dave--                          (INTERNET :- mehuld@apee.ogi.edu)

"To the banner of life, all could be given, even life itself" -- Ayn Rand