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From: turpin@ut-sally.UUCP (Russell Turpin)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Objectivism
Message-ID: <8100@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-May-87 11:27:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-sally.8100
Posted: Thu May 21 11:27:27 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 11:32:58 EDT
References: <318@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Summary: It's the other way around.

In article <318@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>, kpmancus@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (Keith P. Mancus) writes:
>   
>   I have been reading some of Ayn Rand's writings lately, and while I don't
> agree 100%, she generally seems to make sense.  But as far as I can see,
> the "mainstream" of philosophy has completely ignored her.  Could some
> kindly philosopher out there tell me the reason for the neglect?
>   
>    -Keith Mancus <6106728@PUCC>
>                  <kpmancus@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>

Actually, you have this just the other way around. It is Ayn Rand
who ignored mainstream philosophy, including old criticisms of
some of the very arguments she used. When she does consider
mainstream philosophers, for example, when vilifying Kant, she
often misses the point of what they wrote. 

Russell