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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.philosophy.objectivism
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Date: 19 Jan 90 00:23:23 GMT
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In article <CMM.0.88.632596427.bfu@skakke.uio.no> Thomas Gramstad <bfu> writes:
>>From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
>>Date: 16 Jan 90 15:28:55 GMT
>
>>Rand's work has never been philosophy, despite the claims of a few
>>people who don't read philosophy.  It has always been political in
>>nature.
>
>The Ayn Rand Society, an organization for professional philosophers
>who are objectivists, is member of the American Philosophical Association.
>
>I am sure that APA would be interested in the information you apparently
>have, which they seem to have missed, as to why objectivism is not a
>philosophy.
>
>On second thought, maybe not.

This has no bearing on the question of whether Objectivism is a
"legitimate" (whatever that might mean) philosophy.

To make a telling analogy, chiropracters are now admitted to the
American Medical Association.  This doesn't make them any more
doctors, nor any less dangerous quacks.  It is merely a comment on the
hunger of a spineless professional organization for additional dues
and the political power associated with greater membership.

Admitting Randites to the APA doesn't elevate the Randites, it just
degrades the APA.

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