(as defined by ’ayn rand’)
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*”objectivity” is a ‘central philosophical concept’, related to ‘reality’ + ‘truth’, which has been variously defined by sources*
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(generally, ‘objectivity’ means the state or quality of being true even outside of a subject’s ‘individual biases’, ‘interpretations’, ‘feelings’, and ‘imaginings’)
(a proposition is generally considered objectively true (to have objective truth) when its truth conditions are met without biases caused by feelings, ideas, opinions, etc., of a sentient subject)
(a second, broader meaning of the term refers to the ability in any context to judge fairly, without partiality or external influence)
(this second meaning of objectivity is sometimes used synonymously with neutrality)
(“objectivism” is a ‘philosophical system’ developed by russian american writer ‘ayn rand’ (1905–1982))
(‘rand’ first expressed ‘objectivism’ in her ‘fiction’, most notably the fountainhead (1943) + atlas shrugged (‘1957’), and later in ‘non-fiction essays’ + ‘books’)
(‘leonard peikoff’, a professional philosopher and Rand’s designated intellectual heir, later gave it a more formal structure.
Peikoff characterizes Objectivism as a “closed system” that is not subject to change.
(Objectivism’s central tenets are that…
reality exists independently of consciousness,
that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception,
that one can attain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive logic,
that the proper moral purpose of one’s life is the pursuit of one’s own happiness (rational self-interest),
that the only social system consistent with this morality is one that displays full respect for individual rights embodied in laissez-faire capitalism,
and that the role of art in human life is to transform humans’ metaphysical ideas by selective reproduction of reality into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and to which one can respond ‘emotionally’)
(academic philosophers have mostly ignored or rejected Rand’s philosophy)
(nonetheless, ‘objectivism’ has been a significant influence among libertarians and American conservatives)
(the ‘objectivist movement’, which ‘rand’ founded, attempts to spread her ideas to the public + in academic settings)
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