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Join date: Feb 18, 2026
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I am a PhD chemist, working in process development for the manufacture of semiconductor devices. I have had a long interest in understanding philosophical ideas and using them to improve my life.
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Sep 3, 2026 ∙ 16 min
And yet...Lakoff uses the method of Ayn Rand to build his theory
Condensing Experience: Hierarchy, Metaphor, and Randian Concept Formation in Lakoff and Johnson A Comparative Essay September 2026 I. The Question In Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, Ayn Rand treats language as an epistemological instrument. A concept condenses the essential features of a class of existents; a word converts that condensation into a single mental concrete; a definition abbreviates the essentials still further; and isolation pulls the relevant units out of the...
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Sep 2, 2026 ∙ 17 min
Multiple methods of concept formation
Condensing Experience: Concept Formation in Ayn Rand and in Lakoff and Johnson A Comparative Essay September 2026 I. The Question In Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, Ayn Rand treats language as an epistemological instrument. A concept, on her account, condenses the essential features of a class of existents; a word converts that condensation into a single mental concrete; a definition abbreviates the essentials still further; and the act of isolation pulls the relevant units out of...
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Aug 30, 2026 ∙ 25 min
Integration of Experiential Realism with Ayn Rand's Objectivism
Metaphysics and the Structure of Concepts Perceptual Axioms, Embodied Realism, and the Unfinished Validation of Lakoff and Johnson A comparative essay on a perceptual restatement of Objectivist metaphysics and the implicit ontology of conceptual metaphor theory Drawing on a perceptual reexamination of Objectivist axioms; Metaphors We Live By; and Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things I. Why Metaphysics Cannot Be Skipped Metaphysics is not a vacant lot behind epistemology. It is the ground on...
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