The Return of the Arbitrary: Peikoff's Trinity, Binswanger's Inferno, Unwanted Possibilities—and a Parrot for President

Q1 Arts and Humanities

The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-26 DOI:10.5325/JAYNRANDSTUD.19.1.0083

R. Campbell

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:Leonard Peikoff brought into Objectivist epistemology the doctrine that what is asserted arbitrarily (without adequate evidence) cannot be true or false. In 2008 the author gave a detailed critique of the doctrine; it has not received a published response. But there have been restatements by Harry Binswanger, Ben Bayer, and Gregory Salmieri. Their re-presentations do not refute any old arguments; their new arguments make the doctrine worse. The doctrine is being used to justify ignoring known possibilities, and to "prove" that the current president of the United States has a parrot's mind in a human body. Its public retraction is overdue.

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专断的回归:佩科夫的《三位一体》、宾斯旺格的《地狱》、不受欢迎的可能性——以及一只当总统的鹦鹉

摘要:伦纳德·佩科夫在客观主义认识论中引入了一种学说，即武断地断言(没有充分的证据)的东西不能是真或假。2008年，作者对该学说进行了详细的批评;它还没有收到公开的回应。但哈利·宾斯旺格、本·拜尔和格里高利·萨尔米耶里也重申了这一点。他们的再现并没有反驳任何旧的论点;他们的新论点使这一学说变得更糟。这一理论被用来为无视已知的可能性辩护，并“证明”现任美国总统在人体内拥有鹦鹉的大脑。它的公开撤回来得太迟了。

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