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We believe that Boston's Seaport Hotel is one of our best conference venues yet; we' re sure that you'll find the accommodations and meeting spaces comfortable and enjoyable. The surrounding downtown area offers a splendid selection of fine dining, shopping and historical landmarks, which 1vill add special significance to your Independence Day holiday. The Boston I Seaport Hotel is But the real attraction of the conference is, of course, our lineup of speakers and courses. Attendees are still an award-winning talking about last summer's offerings, and we are confident that this summer's courses will only add to the deluxe, full-service Objectivist summer conference legacy. Speakers include Objectivist luminaries such as , hotel, meeting and , and Mary Ann Sures, and topics range from ethics to education, art to opera, exhibition center. politics to perception, and from the ancient Greeks to the corruption of 20th-century . There are nine general session lectures and sixteen optional courses to choose from, as well as a variety of special Located near events and dinners. Attendees may register for the entire nine-day conference, or use our al a carte registra­ the Faneuil Hall tion options to choose those parts that best fit your schedule and budget. marketplace, Back Bay, and linked Please note that we strongly recommend making your hotel reservations as early as possible, as there will be directly to Boston's other conference events in Boston during the same period, and it is likely that the hotel industry will still be World Trade Center, complicated by the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina. the Seaport Hotel is within walking All of us are looking forward to being a part of this special event in Boston. We hope to see you there. distance of many of Boston's most fascinating historic sites, and less than three miles from Boston's Logan International Airport. Dr. President SEAPORT HOTEL AND WTC DINING: Aura Restaurant & Bar: Award-winning restaurant P.S. Enroll by March 15 to take advantage of discount pricing. located in the lobby of the Seaport Hotel, Aura boasts fresh local P.P. S. For students there are a number of registration options at reduced rates. ingredients, with a See pages 13-16. special emphasis 1 on seafood. Aura Lounge: Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Aura Lounge is a Table of Contents relaxed destination EVENTS 3,6 for cocktails and light meals. In addition to featuring a complete bar menu, GENERAL SESSIONS 4-5, 8 the Aura Lounge offers dub sandwiches, salads, pizzas, homemade desserts and specialty martinis. OPTIONAL COURSES 6-9 The Bakery Cafe: The cafe offers light breakfast and lunch fare including delicious breads, muffins and other pastries, homemade sandwiches, soups REGISTRATION INFORMATION 13- 16 and freshly brewed Starbucks coffee. Fmh City: Located In the lobby of Seaport World Trade Center East, Fresh City provides an upbeat Ot>,ecllviat Conference, and the ' Bookstore are operated by Second Renaissance, Inc., which Is owned by the . and attractive environment combined with fast Second Rena,uance, Inc , and the Ayn Rand lntliMe do nol nece1aarily endorse the content of the lectures and courses offered. Payments made 10 ObiectlVllt Conferences or lo the Ayn Rand Bookstore do not qualify as tax-deductible contribution, 10 the Ayn Rand Institute. service and the freshest food. Q 2006 Sownd Rena,uance. ucept whero 1nd1cated De,lgned by Michael Chlavo,oll end Auoclolea t

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desirable goal. On this view, motivation involves Motivation in Education something is to understand 1.1 simply tapping into the child's randomly held interests Lisa VanDammc achieve values in the real ~wer lo help one Few educators understand that offering students the and desires. In this lecture, Ms. va:a~ . . right motivation is essential to a proper education. On the objective view, education consists of one should offer proper motivationme WIii discuss Why Many hold variants of the Platonist view that knowl­ training in the knowledge and skills necessary for to do it, illustrating this method nd to Students and how edge is an end in itself, desirable for its own sake. one to function as a mature, informed, rational adult, ries from her successful school aSheils re~lts With sto- . · WIii dlSCUss · p1· On this view, no motivation is necessary. Others i.e., to efficaciously pursue a fulfilled human life. cations of her view for motivation . ad 1m ~ 1n ult education regard education as a means to some subjectively Knowledge is practical and selfish-to fully grasp ► Saturday, July 1, 2006 • 10:15-11:45AM .

Boston and the American Revolution: Included in this saga will be John Hancock, State House; the site of the Boston M assacre· Old Men and Monuments James Otis, Samuel Adams, the young John Adams, North church ("One, if by land, and two if b ~ . John Ridpath and Mary Ann Sures James Warren and his influential wife Mercy Otis Lexington Green ("But if they mean to ha Y a"), '! be . h " veawar let In many ways, the American Revolution started in the Warren, as well as the notorious cabal known as the 1 gin ere ); Concord and the North Bridge ('H~re Boston area of colonial America. Dr. Ridpath will offer Sons of Liberty. once the embattled farmers stOOd"); Bunker Hill. Mrs brief biographical and intellectual sketches of some Sures will also offer further recommendations of Wh · of the individuals who played an important, but less Mary Ann Sures will give an illustrated tour of historic Io see .1n th1's great American city. ~ widely known role in this event. sites in Boston and its environs, including: the Old ► Saturday, July 1, 2006 • 7:30--10 PM

Perception infecting all philosophy since Thomas Aquinas. By illusions" are not sensory errors, the seductive fal­ Harry Binswanger integrating with recent scientific work lacy of representationalism, the form-object distinc­ The perceptual level of awareness, which man in the psychology of perception, especially that of tion , the crucial role of differentiation in perception, shares with the higher animals, is the incontestable the late J. J. Gibson, Dr. Binswanger provides a perception as entity-centered and the disastrous base of all knowledge. Objectivism provides an new perspective on perception as an active, physi­ error of the "snapshot" view of visual perception. understanding of perception that differs radically cally determined process. Topics to be discussed ► Sunday, July 2, 2006 • 10:15-11:45AM from the representationalist and subjectivist views include: the error of naive realism, why "perceptual

The Value of Ayn Rand 's Philosophy combination of the above. Consequently, their experi­ ceptual faculty). Then, using examples from painting of Art ence of art is marred by uncertainty and confusion. and sculpture, she will demonstrate what Objectivist Mary Ann Sures What difference would it make in their lives if they esthetics makes possible in the understanding, Most people have mistaken assumptions about art, accepted and applied Ayn Rand's philosophy of art? appreciation and enjoyment of art, and in the under­ such as: art really can't be defined or explained ; or, Mrs. Sures will begin with a review of the standing of one's deepest philosophical convictions. art is a matter of subjective "taste"; or, appreciating essence of the Objectivist philosophy of art (the ► Monday, July 3, 2006 • 10:15 AM-12:15 PM and responding to art comes from innate talent; or a definition of art, and the relation of art to man's con-

The "Diversity" Delusion gained such cultural acceptance? This lecture exam­ whose hostility is directed primarily toward not political, Peter Schwartz ines the "diversity" movement and shows how it is the but cognitive discrimination. He explains how "diver­ Across a limitless range of human attributes-from culmination of egalitarianism. That is, even though the sity" rests on, and spawns, a slew of egalitarian-based race to ltteracy, from gender to intelligence, from age egalitarian rejects differentiations while the proponent package-deals, which are utilized to smear anyone to physical handicap-it is now an uncontroversial of "diversity" wallows in them, the two ideologies are who makes rational discriminations-i.e., who upholds tenet that the attainment of "diversity" is a value. essentially the same. "Diversity," Mr. Schwartz argues, epistemological and moral standards. What does this doctrine mean, and how has it is the expression of an anti-conceptual mentality ► Tuesday, July 4, 2006 • 10:15-11 :45AM

REGISTER ONLINE www.objectivistconferences . com Are the Neoconservatives conservative think-tanks and magazines, they hold Destroying America? support . In this lecture, Or. Thompson will prestigious university positions and they are credited C. Bradley Thompson examine the ideological origins of , with defining Republican domestic and foreign policy, the neocons· intellectual method and their plan for During the 1930s a group of young Trotskyists at from Reagan to Bush. governing America. He will demonstrate that the neo­ Brooklyn College advocated Marxism and worldwide But just who are the neoconservatives and what conservatives are altruists in ethics and pragmatists in communist revolution. Today, those same men domi­ do they really stand for? At first blush, the 'neocons" politics and are, therefore, a threat to a free society. nate conservative political thought and politics. Known are impressive: they take ideas seriously, they're ► Thursday, July 6, 2006 • 10:15- 11 :45 AM as the neoconservatives, they control the leading pro-American, they're critics of the New Left and they

Ayn Rand, Public Speaker: A Orleans, 1981 ), her procedure was consistent: she paign speeches for Wendell Willkie, her talks about Philosopher Wh o Lived on Earth offered new, true and important insights about her , her lectures at colleges and Shoshana Milgram chosen subject-in the light of principles unlimited universities-and her seventeen appearances at the As a public speaker, Ayn Rand demonstrated the by any particular subject. Ford Hall Forum in Boston. It will also consider how application of philosophy to human life-whatever This lecture will examine her public speaking­ she prepared her talks and how her public speaking the topic, the time period or the audience. From the reasons for her choice of topics and venues­ was related to the overall goal of her writing . her first lecture (New York, 1936) to her last (New including her lectures on Soviet Russia, her cam- ► Friday, July 7, 2006 • 10:15-1 1:45AM

Unborrowed Vision: The Virtue Dr. has described independence independent person's proper relationships with others of Independence as a primary orientation to reality rather than to other and by dissecting modem man's widely alleged "inter­ men. Among the questions we will probe: What does dependence," identifying the ways in which man is and Howard Roark's independence has inspired millions. this fundamental orientation consist of? What sorts is not a 'social animal." Inspiration without understanding is of limited value, of actions or policies does the exercise of this virtue however. The more fully we appreciate the precise demand in everyday practice? And why is it important? Note: This lecture is based on a chapter of Dr. Smith's meaning and value of independence, the more fully What elevates independence to the ranks of the moral forthcoming book, Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The we can practice it-and reap its rewards. This lec­ virtues? In the oourse of answering, we will also clarify Virtuous Egoist. ture seeks to clarify several dimensions of the virtue what independence is not by distinguishing it from ► Saturday, July 8, 2006 • 10:15-11 :45 AM of independence. subjectivist pseudo-independence, by explaining the

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Welcome Reception and Dinner GROUP A (S1=Session 1: S2=Session 2) • Four 90-minute sessions; 8:30-10 AM (July 1-4) Meet other attendees at the opening 2:50-4:20 PM (July 5--8) reception and celebrate the beginning of the summer conference with the opening dinner! A1 S 1 or A1 S2 the function argument, the doctrine of the mean his This event is dressy; coats and ties for Aristotle's Ethics: Its Critics account of justice, and more. ' gentlemen, evening wear for ladies, please. through History In seeing criticisms of Aristotle's views, we can Guests may purchase tickets for this event. Marc Baer see pivotal points in the history of moral philoso- Friday, June 30, 2006 • 8-9:30 PM Aristotle's is one of the most rational and developed phy-points which became trends that helped shape theories in the history of ethical thought. Yet despite its the modem world. The course thus provides an Presentation: The State of influence, it has never found broad acceptance among understanding not only of the core of Aristotle's ethical the Ayn Rand Institute (FREE) intellectuals. Why? This course explains various histor- thought, but also of crucial developments in the hislory Dr. Varon Brook, executive director of ARI, ically important-and sometimes justified-challenges of moral philosophy. Both of these are taken as part 1 will present an update on the projects of to his theory. After setting out his main doctrines, we of the crucial background against which Ayn Rand's the Institute and describe some of its recent will survey ancient, medieval and modem criticisms of: moral philosophy can be understood. successes-as well as its future goals. Wednesday, July 5, 2006 • 8-9:30 PM A2S1 or A2S2 In this course, Dr. Brook will analyze the histori­ The Rise of Totalitarian Islam cal development of totalitarian Islam. He will look at Q-&-A Panel on Foreign Policy and its foundation in Koranic teachings; its intellectual the State of the Culture Yaron Brook Today America faces an enemy that most of our politi­ development and rise in countries like Egypt, Saudi Join Harry Binswanger, Varon Brook and cal leaders fear to name. This enemy brought down the Arabia and Pakistan: its political realization in ; and Peter Schwartz for a discussion of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11: it has bombed its spread from the Middle East to portions of Europe philosophical and moral issues related to Madrid and London; and to this day it motivates much and now the United States. Dr. Brook will discuss in foreign policy and the state of the culture. of the Iraqi insurgency. Our enemy is more than mur­ detail the nature of this ideological threat, as well as Thursday, July 6, 2006 • 8-10 PM derous, suicidal terrorists. It's totalitarian Islam-a lethal the proper methods for dealing with ii. Academic Panel (FREE) ideology calling for holy war against infidels. Panelist will discuss their personal experiences in academia as well as current efforts to encourage A3S1 or A3S2 sue values, making your partner feel loved, showing scholarship of Objectivism in universities. Romance: Bringing Love and Sex generosity and encouraging joint decision-making. Friday, July 7, 2006 • 8-9:30 PM Together "How to Enjoy Sex" will focus on creating emo­ Ellen Kenner and Edwin A. Locke tional intimacy, creating the mood for sex, communi­ Closing Reception, Dinner This course is based primarily on two chapters from the cating about what each partner wants, prioritizing sex and Dance authors' forthcoming book, Love That's Here to Stay. and avoiding subverters of sexual pleasure. Come ready to dance the night away! Our "How to Love Your Soul Mate" focuses on how The instructors will illustrate key principles by final evening will begin with a reception and to make your present romantic relationship thrive. performing role-play dialogues, and participants will dinner, followed by dancing until midnight. According to Ors. Locke and Kenner, to keep vitality be given voluntary exercises to enhance their ability This event is dressy; coats and ties for and the spark in a romantic partnership, one cannot to apply these skills to their own lives. The course gentlemen, evening wear for ladies, please. rely on feelings alone but must actively think about is open to couples, including same-sex couples, Guests may purchase tickets for this event. how to enhance the relationship. Topics include: under­ singles-anyone who wants to enhance a current Saturday, July 8, 2006 • 6:30 PM- 12 Midnight standing your partner, encouraging your partner to pur- relationship or acquire knowledge for a future one.

A4S1 or A4S2 of her epistemology. Her Introduction to Objectivist Objectivist Epistemology Epistemology presents "one of it's cardinal ele­ in Outline ments-the Objectivist theory of concepts." Greg Salmieri Discussions of other elements are scattered Ayn Rand held that "philosophy is primarily epis­ throughout numerous articles. This course will temology"- the "science devoted to the discovery draw on these writings and on subsequent work of the proper methods of acquiring and validating by Leonard Peikoff and Harry Binswanger to show knowledge." Therefore, "it is with a new approach how Rand's theory of concepts forms the core of a to epistemology that the rebirth of philosophy has to distinctive theory of knowledge. begin." This class is to be a survey of Rand's new The course will be a good introduction to the approach to epistemology-the most original and Objectivist epistemology for beginning students, least understood aspect of her thought. and it will contain new ideas that should be of inter­ Rand never wrote a systematic presentation est to more advanced students.

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6 r· . .R E. G I S. TE R O N L I N E w w w . o b j e c t i v i s t c o n f e r e n c e s . c o m Optional courses and ps are ·not-part of the general conference registration and must be registered for separately. The courses can be taken in either one of two sessions. You may choose only one course from each group, A-D, f)er session.

GROUP B (S1=Session 1; S2=Session 2) • Four BO-minute sessions; 1: 15- 2:35 PM 81S1 or 81S2 embraced purer and more consistent versions of the The History of America (part 5): 1920-1975 altruist and collectivist ideas their forebears had planted during the Progressive Era. How did these philosophic Eric Daniels changes affect American life? How did Americans rec­ This course tells the story of America's tumultuous con­ oncile the surging prosperity of postwar America with frontation with the biggest challenges of the 20th cen­ an emerging radically anticapitalist strain of American tury. During the half-century from the end of World War thought? What led to American successes and failures I to the end of the Vietnam War, Americans confronted in foreign policy? In these five lectures, the final part of a worldwide depression, the growth of New Deal stat­ his five-part series, Dr. Daniels will explain the major ism, the menace of fascism and communism, and events and intellectual trends of American history from their own internal intellectual fractures. Throughout this the 1920s to the end of the 1960s. The focus will be on period of wars and domestic conflict, American thinkers illuminating the broad trends in our history.

82S1 or 82S2 Not only will this acquaint the student with a major, Descartes's Meditations influential work from early modern philosophy, it will Robert Mayhew also provide him with an excellent opportunity to Leonard Peikoff once wrote that "To reclaim the practice philosophical detection. Topics (i.e., errors) self-confidence of man's mind, the first modern to be covered include: skepticism about the senses to refute is Immanuel Kant . .. ; the second is and reason; the cogito; the primacy of conscious­ Descartes." In this course, Dr. Mayhew will conduct ness; Cartesian dualism; the ontological argument a close, critical analysis of Descartes's most impor­ for the existence of God. tant work: Meditations on First Philosophy (1641).

83S1 or 83S2 processes. Randomness will be explained as an epis­ The Nature of Probability, Its Valid and temological, not metaphysical, concept. Invalid Uses This course will explain the proper definition and Evan Picoult epistemological status of the concept of probability by Probability and statistics are mathematical concepts reviewing its conceptual development in the 17th-19th used extensively in the physical and biological sci­ centuries and by examining its valid and invalid uses ences, in engineering and in finance. Probability has across a range of subjects, from games of chance two related but different meanings. One is the assess­ through physics and finance. ment of the evidentiary status of propositions along the Topics will include: the relation of probability, continuum from false to possible to probable to certain. correlation and causality; statistical mechanics, This course, in oontrast, will focus on probability as entropy and Maxwell's Demon; probability and the measurement of the frequency of occurrence of methods for measuring value and risk in finance . potential states of random physical and economic

84S1 or 84S2 "'s" theme; the essential elements that Savoring Ayn Rand 's "Red Pawn" make this work dramatic; an analysis of the story's Dina Schein characters; how the events, characters and even Ayn Rand's movie scenario "Red Pawn" is arguably descriptive details support the theme; how Miss the most dramatic of her early works of fiction. This Rand's technique of writing in tiers applies to this course aims to raise the reader's enjoyment of "Red work. By contrasting "Red Pawn" with its nearest lit­ Pawn" by analyzing it and to teach the rudiments erary neighbor, , Dr. Schein will shed of literary analysis using this work as the model. more light on both works. Among issues to be discussed: how to determine

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GROUP C (S1=Session 1; S2=Session 2) • Three 90-minute sessions; 2:50-4:20 PM (July 1- 3) 8:30-10 AM (July 6-8) ~ ECIAL LECTURE: ~ y~s ·constitution the analytic tradition. His critique of the analytic/ 1 C1S1 or C1S2 ' •·• Captain,(ret.) Talbot Manvel Understanding 20th-Century synthetic distinction and the empiricist criterion of .. ~,., ,, .. ~- Philosophy-the Case of Quine meaning were instrumental in dethroning the ortho­ Ben Bayer doxy of logical positivism, ushering in a new era of The late W. V. Quine was one of the most influential "naturalism" in philosophy that persists to this day. American philosophers of the 20th century, and the Although Quine portrayed himself as a defend­ story of his philosophy is in many ways the story of er of science and objectivity, his basic philosophic 20th-century "analytic" philosophy. This course will sur­ premises imply a skepticism more like contemporary vey and evaluate central points of Quine's philosophy. postmodemism than Quine was willing to admit. Inspired by Bertrand Russell and mentored Understanding this will help explain why even the by Rudolf Carnap, Quine was steeped in the early best of today's philosophers remain under the sway tradition of logical positivism and linguistic analysis. of ideas that are at odds with science and reason. But, in time, Quine came to reject central tenets of erthed in Boston Harbor, the USS Constitution C2S1 orC2S2 These were the single most important battles in all Bis the oldest ship still in commission in the The Greco-Persian Wars of Western history. The course will consider why the U.S. Navy. She was designed and built more than John Lewis king attacked, on what tem,s the Greeks united, how 200 years ago as America came under attack. In 490 BC some 50,000 Persians landed on the they destroyed the king's ambitions and what lessons On the oceans, the French, the British and the beach at Marathon, and 10,000 Greeks drove them this conflict holds for today. We will pay homage to Barbary Pirates of Tripoli were raiding American back. The Persians returned ten years later, and the awesome heroes of the Greeks-the "greatest overseas shipping. In the American West, British "drank the rivers dry" with the largest am,y ever seen. generation" of their day-who defended their free­ outposts became centers of unrest, fostering Against all odds, the Greeks united, ruined the ambi­ dom with their lives and made possible all that we Indian hostilities against Americans. The Founding tions of the Persian king along with his am1y, and then are today. (Students should read books 5-8 of the Fathers debated whether to defend American lives drove onto his soil, smashing the threat pem1anently. Penguin edition of Herodotus: The Histories.) and property with garrison forces (an am1y), with forward deployed forces (a navy) or by tribute C3S1 or C3S2 The course will examine how the Constitution (appeasement). This lecture will discuss the two The Structure of the American divides the federal government into its lawmaking basic strategies of defense-garrison and forward Constitution function (the legislature), its enforcement function (the deployment-and show how the innovatively Stephen Plafker executive) and the law courts (the judiciary) and how designed USS Constitution and her sister frigates This course will study what Ayn Rand called "the great ii divides governmental powers between the state and were instrumental in successfully executing the American achievement," the system of checks and federal governments. It will explore the relationship strategy of forward deployment. It was that strat­ balances of the Constitution. Students will gain a deep between the language and structure of the Constitution egy which won access for American commerce , so understanding of American governmental organization, and the rights it was designed to secure. vital to a young , growing nation. the reason this organization is necessary to protect ► Monday, July 3, 2006 • S--9:30 PM rights, the reason it WOlks and the reason it is dete­ (There is no overlap between this course and a course riorating: i.e., why this country cannot last without the on the Constitution given by C. Bradley Thompson at proper philosophy. Objectivist Summer Conference 2004.)

C4S1 orC4S2 matic--love stories. And Puccini, with his passionate, The Operas of Giacomo Puccini evocative music, was its greatest exponent. Sandra Schwartz This course examines five of Puccini's best The operas of Giacomo Puccini are among the works, ones seldom out of the performance reper­ most perfom1ed of our day. What makes his operas toire: Manon Lescaut, La boheme, Tosca, Madama so enom,ously popular? Butterfly and Turandot. Selections from these In the last decade of the 19th century, as operas are studied for their distinctive lyricism and Giuseppe Verdi was premiering his final opera, Italian melody. Different performances of the same selec­ opera went in a new direction, defined by the school tion are contrasted in order to understand varia­ of verismo. This musical style employed less for­ tions in style and interpretation by artists. A brief mally structured melody and focused on subjects of biographical presentation of Puccini is interwoven everyday life in the fom, of intense--0ften melodra- with the music.

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O3S1 or O3S2 any, did the political ideas of the 13th century's great­ The History of England (part 2): est thinker, Thomas Aquinas, have on England's 1215-1341 political system? Andrew Lewis This course will examine England's history By 1215 English monarchs and barons had instituted from the aftermath of Magna Charla to the develop­ significant reforms that secularized and rationalized ment of the bicameral parliament shortly after the England's legal system, and limited-in theory-the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. It will ask the power of the king. What happened to these reforms? question: "What happens to good political ideas Were they adhered to and enhanced, or were they when they are not supported by an explicit knowl­ ignored and allowed to decay? What influence, if edge of their underlying philosophic principles?'

04S1 or 04S2 some of the world's great works of short fiction, by Gems of Short Fiction authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, LisaVanDamme Oscar Wilde and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Her approach One consequence of the decay of American educa­ to analyzing these stories will be the one defined by tion is that many adults have never been exposed Leonard Peikoff in his brilliant course "Eight Great to the classics of world literature. Reading lists from Plays": she will discuss the plot (or central event), today's high schools and universities consist primarily characterization, theme, underlying philosophy and of contemporary American fiction or obscure multicul­ style of each author. In doing so, she hopes to intro­ tural novels. In those rare cases that the classics are duce Objectivists to the powerful events, penetrating taught, they are analyzed either superficially or from insights and memorable characters of stories that an irrational philosophic perspective. they ought to have been taught in school, and that Plus, many other In this course, Ms. VanOamme will discuss are taught at her school. selections by leading Objectivist intellectuals

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,\I. ZACHARY JOH\SO\ MARC BAER PhD, Ptiosophy, 2006, UIM/Sly of CaifotJwl, Irvine MM. Music Theory, 2002. The Mannes Ccl1ege of Music Dr. Baer speciaizes in the area of etics and has taught philosophy New School Universily: ' at the Unive!sity of Galifomia, Irvine, and at Concordia College (NY). BM, Music Theory, and BMA, Cornp:,sioon, 1998, He spent the fal of 2005 as an Foundation fellow at the The University of Michigan. University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Baer is a graduate of the Objectivist Composer M. Zachary Johnson teaches music theory in the Academic Center and has written academic book reviews for the Preparatory Division of the Mannes College of Music in New York. Review of Melaphysts. His music has been performed throughout the Untted States and in Europe. AA album of his saxophone compositions is rurrently be. BEN BAYER recorded for release in 2006. mg MA, Phi/osqily, 2

R E G I ST E R O N L I N E w w w. o b j e ct i v i s t c o n f e re n c e s . c o m , 10 ROBERT MAYHEW PETlllt SCII\VARTZ PhD, Philosophy, 1991, Georgetown University MA, Journalism, 1972, Syracuse University Dr. Mayhew is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is Mr. Schwartz, author of The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: the author of Aristotle's Criticism of Plato s 'Republic,• The Female A Moral for America, is the founding editor and publisher of inAristotles Biology, and Ayn Rand and "Song of Russia," and the The Intellectual Activist. He is also editor and contributing author of editor of Ayn Rand's Marginalia, The Art of Nonfiction, Essays on Ayn Ayn Rand's Re/um of the Primitive, and is a former chairman of the Rand's "We the Living,· Essays on Ayn Rands "Anthem" and Ayn Board of Directors of the Ayn Rand Institute. Rand Answers. He is currently completing a bock on Plato and edit­ ing a collection of essays titled Ayn Rands "The Fountainhead." SANDRA SCffiVARTZ MS, Finance, 1973, State University of New York at Binghamton SHOSHANA MILGRAM Mrs. Schwartz has been an opera aficionado and a passionate PhD, Comparative Literature, 1978, Stanford University observer of the opera scene for more than thirty-five years. She Dr. Milgram, an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, has has taught opera appreciation classes, specializing in the operas lectured in university courses, at the Smithsonian, and at of Verdi, at Objectivist summer conferences and privately since academic and Objectivist conferences. Her publications include articles 1979. From 1994 to 2001 , Mrs. Schwartz produced the Second on Ayn Rand, Hugo and Dostoevsky; her current project is a study of Renaissance summer conferences. Ayn Rand's life up to 1957. TARA SMI'Ill EVAN PICOULT PhD, Philosophy, 1989, Johns Hopkins University PhD, Experimental Particle Physics, 1978, Columbia University Dr. Smith is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Dr. Picoult is a managing director at Citigroup. He has been a leader Texas, where she currently holds an Anthem Foundation fellowship. in his firm, and in the financial industry, in developing methods for She recently completed writing The Virtuous Egoist: Ayn Rand's measuring different types of financial risk (e.g., market risk and credit Normative Ethics, and is the author of two bocks and several articles risk). He frequently lectures at professional conferences in North in moral and political philosophy. America and Europe and has written technical articles in journals and chapters in several bocks. MARY ANN SURES MA, M History, 1966, , New York STEPHEN PLAFKER Mrs. Sures has taught art history (N.Y.U. and Hunter College) and PhD, Mathematics, 1966, University of Illinois Objectivist esthetics (including Esthetics of the Visual Ms, a 10-lec­ JD, 1973, University of Southern California ture course written in consultation with Ayn Rand). She co-authored, Dr. Plafker is a retired Los Angeles County deputy district attorney. with her (late) husband Charles, Facets of Ayn Rand, memoirs of their His teaching experience includes teaching law to law students and to longtime friendship with Ayn Rand and her husband Frank O'Connor. undergraduates. Before becoming a lawyer, he taught mathematics at Tulane University. He is a founder and member of the Board of ROB TARR Directors of The Association For Objective Law (TAFOL). BA, Economics and Philosophy, 1990, University of MA, Philosophy, 1991, University of Toronto JOHN RJDPA'Ill After one year worl

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