Abstraction From Abstractions (MP3 download) Leonard Peikoff

Abstraction From Abstractions (MP3 download) Leonard PeikoffBy Harry Binswanger The first half of this elucidating course offers a new perspective on the Objectivist theory of abstraction as such, contrasting the Realist idea of insight with Ayn Rands theory of the unit perspective. The second half applies her view of abstraction to the topic of higher level concepts. It answers such questions as: what is measurement omission? what exactly is the hierarchy of concepts? what is the difference between the

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