A Picture Is Not an Argument (MP3 download) Economics and Business

A Picture Is Not an Argument (MP3 download) Economics and BusinessBy Leonard Peikoff In todays culture, on behalf of causes ranging from abortion to war, people often rely on emotion provoking images to attract others to their viewpoints. In this 1998 lecture delivered at Bostons Ford Hall Forum, philosopher Leonard Peikoff examines the use of imagery to convey a position. Motivated by an invitation he received to participate in an abortion debate using pictures, Peikoff discusses why he would never enter in to such

There is a deep connection between intellectual clarity

socialist/statist policies are universally the cause of social calamities and that the answer lies in individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism

a reactionary religious movement threatened to interrupt the rebirth of reason in the Renaissance

- From Roark’s Speech

it can be done by virtually everyone

the Americans during their Civil War and the Europeans prior to World War II

Through intensive examination

in Rand's view

This lecture was recorded at the 2000 Objectivist Summer Conference in Richmond

on how to love your soul mate

This panel was recorded at the 2006 Objectivist Summer Conference in Boston

The instructors illustrate key principles by performing role-play dialogues