2009-06-13T19:35:13Z Proteus reduced <div style="width:75%;padding:10px;margin:5px;margin-left:10%;border:1px dotted #8888aa;"><div style="position:relative;margin-top:-10px;margin-bottom:5px;"><span style="font-size:larger;background-image:url(images/swatch.lo.jpg);">'''All Rights Reserved'''</span></div> © 1998-99 [[M.R.M. Parrott]]<br />''The chapter linked below first appeared as a series of internet discussion posts on [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.philosophy/topics Usenet], in 1998-99, and is the final chapter of "[http://mrmparrott.com/philosophy-science/ Synthetic A Priori]", linked here courtesy of [[M.R.M. Parrott]]. ([http://mrmparrott.com/philosophy-science/ download])''</div> <div style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:5px;border:1px dashed white;"><center>'''Take the Objectivist Challenge!'''</center> # Download and read the linked [http://mrmparrott.com/philosophy-science/ interview] in its entirety. There is little evidence of any Objectivist ever having done so. # Understand, this "interview" is made up of a series of [[Usenet]] arguments with many respondents in a plain text format, and was later assembled with many other philosophical topics, from [[Metaphysics]] to [[Ethics]], as a [http://mrmparrott.com/philosophy-science/ book of philosophical interviews] for the reader's convenience. # Learn who [[Leonard Peikoff]] is. Many Objectivists seem to be unaware of his role in promoting Objectivist principles, and merely attack the author for mentioning him. He is an important figure for Objectivism. # Avoid attacking the [[M.R.M. Parrott|author]] personally if you respectfully disagree. Such [[Ad Hominem]] is a logical fallacy and only hurts the points you are trying to make. Although a little humour is fine, attack the ideas, not the person. # This refutation of Objectivism is based firmly within [[Logic]], [[Metaphysics]], [[Semantics]] and [[Philosophy]], and has never been adequately challenged. In order to adequately challenge this pointed and devastating refutation of the basis of Objectivism, you must mount a detailed counter-argument which not only re-establishes the Objectivist ideas, like "existence exists", but must also clearly dismantle the refutation. Good luck with that. </div> ==External Links== * [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/critobj.html Criticisms of Objectivism], maintained by [[Mike Huben]] * [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.philosophy/topics Alt.Philosophy] * [http://mrmparrott.com/philosophy-science/ Philosophy and Science books by M.R.M. Parrott]