Audio and video from Dr. Salmieri. Discussion of “Ayn Rand’s moral philosophy” on the Elucidation’s Philosophy Podcast. Discussion of “The Aristotelian good life and productive work” on the Elucidation’s Philosophy Podcast. Lecture on “Thinking Objectively” from Objectivist Conference 2014 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJcyKHjugXM Lecture on “Thinking For Yourself” from AynRandCon 2018 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNRTqiOF4E Lecture Series on “What […]
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We The Living Reading Group
We are meeting several times over the academic year to discuss Ayn Rand’s first novel “We The Living”: Meeting 1, 01/30: Part 2, Chapters 1–5 Meeting 2, 03/05: Part 2, Chapters 6–10 Meeting 3, 03/26: Part 2, Chapters 11-13 Meeting 4, 04/16: Part 2, Chapters 14–17
Episteme, demonstration, and explanation: A fresh look at Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics
A symposium on Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics in Metascience invites the question of how the treatise relates to philosophy of science and epistemology, as these fields are generally understood. It is in the hope of shedding some light on this issue that I propose to discuss Aristotle’s conception of epistēmē, his name for the Posterior Analytics’ […]
Intellectual Property and the Freedom Needed to Solve the Crisis of Resistant Infections
George Mason Law Review, 26:1 Click here to read the full paper.
A Companion to Ayn Rand
A book by Gregory Salmieri A Companion to Ayn Rand
Free Speech and Social Media
We The Living Reading Group
We are meeting several times over the academic year to discuss Ayn Rand’s first novel “We The Living”: Meeting 1, 01/30: Part 2, Chapters 1–5 Meeting 2, 03/05: Part 2, Chapters 6–10 Meeting 3, 03/26: Part 2, Chapters 11-13 Meeting 4, 04/16: Part 2, Chapters 14–17
Objectivity in Thought, Action, and Enterprise
It takes work for human beings to know reality and to form and achieve values within it. Understanding this work enables us to take greater control of our minds and our lives. MAIN RESEARCHER Gregory Salmieri Human beings—many of us, at least—aspire to be objective in our thinking and our decision-making. We aspire to conform […]
Reframing the antimicrobial resistance crisis
Co-authored with Amesh Adalja The Hill Click here to read the full article.