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I am pleased to announce Objectivist Summer Conference 2005-a two-week event offering an unmatched combination of inteUectmu sti mulation, fun and relaxation. This year's confe rence 1viU be held in beautiful downtown San Di ego, a city offering a rare blend of ocean- side scenery, cultural activiti es, hi storical sites and countless entcrttinment opportunities. The conference venue is the Omni San Diego Hotel, a brand-new luxu ry hotel in the heart of the city. Th is ultra-convenient location offers endless enj oyable activities just minutes away: you can dine at your choice of dozens of local restaurants, watch a basebaU game at next-door Qualcomm Stadium, relax at the beach, tour the historic Gaslamp Quaner, visit the world-renowned San Di ego Zoo or attend a symphony or opera. Of course, the heart of the conference is our steUar-and varied-lineup of lectures :md courses: from lectures analyzing hot issues in the culture, such as neo-conservati sm and judici:u activism-to courses that apply to education, , history and mathematics-to classes on enhancing your appreciation of literature, poetry and opera. By popular demand, we 1vill once again hold a panel on Objectivism 's inspiring progress in academia, featuring the intellectuals and businessmen who are making it happen every day. And, in celebration of 's centenary, the conference will be highlighted by lectures on Ayn Rand 's increasingly influential contributions to , psychology and art. The Omni San Diego In total, the conference schedule contains 15 general lectures, 16 optional courses, 2 panels, a dance work- Hotel, a 32-story luxury shop and several dinner events-including one aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier! There is literally something hotel connected via sky- for everyone who is interested in Objectivism-and our fl exi ble course options aUow you to customize your bridge to the new San vacation with the perfect balance of classes and other activities. And aU of this in an environment 1vith indi- Diego Padres Ballpark. viduals who share your passion for ideas-and for life. Nestled in the heart of the historic Gaslamp Quarter It's going to be a wonderful time. I hope to see you there. across the street from the recently renovated Convention Center, the hotel is just moments away from the city's top sites and attractions and just 8 minutes/4 miles from San Dr. Diego International Airport. President

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Midway on July 5, Captain ing guests to work out in the privacy of their own Famous San Diego Zoo, (rel.) Talbot Manvel-a former naval officer who room . featuring more than 4,000 served on that ship-will present a talk on the • 8,000 square-foot outdoor terrace located on the birds, mammals and reptiles development and virtues of aircraft carriers . 6th floor, featuring an outdoor heated swimming • Three miles to Coronado The aircraft carrier, Capt. Manvel argues, is pool and spa, stone fireplace and tanning deck Island, a tourist destination one of the greatest inventions of the mind of man, • Walking and jogging trails located near the hotel popular for its wide, sandy and among the most flexible and powerful weapons beaches and unique I used to defend the of America. boutique shops Integrating the technologies of aviation, naval • Three miles to the architecture and nuclear power, carriers exploit Marston House, a crafts- the vast seas to execute an offensive strategy of man-style house and forward deployment: they are able to project power museum, featuring a on the high seas and, simultaneously, in the skies formal English garden above the lands of our nation's enemies. This talk • Four miles to Old Town, will present the evolution of the aircraft carrier from . - reflecting the rich and its beginnings, shortly after the Wright brothers' NEARBY colorful history of San success at Kitty Hawk, to the design of the latest ATTRACTIONS ( fil .,_' _,., Diego, dating back hun- supercarrier of the 21st century, the CVN-21. ,,,r- 'if'•ft; .. 'l4 ;•· ,.,.-_-: dreds of years San Diego Trolley , '~ . • I .. . r .. Registration for the event includes a reception runs every 15 • Four miles to the Whaley and dinner on the flight deck of the Midway and a minutes and ser- House Museum, an 1856 -- ·"'---~~- guided tour of the ship's command center. vices downtown, Historic Old Town, Mission Valley, Greek Revival home, ~ -~ ' '\.~ ' , The Battle of Midway Fashion Valley, Qualcomm Stadium and Tijuana eany courthouse, general ..-; ; _ .....-:- - ! _... ·..;. 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America's first major victory in the Pacific and proved 1/2 mile to Horton Plaza, in the nation, featuring to be a turning point in World War IL a seven-block stretch of 200 exclusive stores and restaurants After the dinner Dr. Varon Brook will recount shops, restaurants and • Seven miles to Seawond, a 150-acre marine-life and analyze the story of this dramatic and heroic theaters, known for its park, featuring Shamu®, shows and exhibits, battle. He will explain what made America's award-winning architecture , marine habitats, aquariums and simulated adven- success at Midway possible and how the lessons 1/2 mile to Seaport Village; ·• ture rides from this one sea battle can teach us what it takes aseasideboutique -=-•-.-- _ , to win in war. shopping complex fea- f. . . · ., [ Dr. Brook's talk will be a tribute to the brave luring 75 one-of-a-kind . · F men in uniform who, in 1942, made the victory at shops, restaurants and · · · Midway possible, and who today, in spite of the sidewalk eateries I obstacles placed in their path, fight for their own freedom and ours.

f Photos courtesy of the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum. GENERAL SESSIONS TWO LECTURES BY : Ayn Rand 's Philosophic Achievement For the centenary of Ayn Rand's birth, these two tures include an analysis of Ayn Rand's philosophic are ba~ed on Dr. Binswanger's article by the same lectures take stock of and summarize her immense methodology, the means by which she succeeded ,n title_wh _1ch appeared ,n 1982 in his publication The achievement and philosophic legacy: the philosophy solving the philosophic problems that have gnpped- Ob1ect1v1st Forum.) of Objectivism. Dr. Binswanger singles out for discus- and stultified-philosophy for millennia. Placing Sunday, July 3, 2005 • 10:15-11 :45 AM sion six pivotal breakthroughs that form the core of Objectivism in historical perspective, Dr. Binswanger Monday, July 4, 2005 • 10:15-11:45 AM Objectivism. Then he identifies the overarching con- presents Ayn Rand's philosophic achievement as the ception that integrates these breakthroughs. The lee- completion of the work of . (These lectures the ideas that have shaped the Neo-conservative The Neo-Conservatives-Friends or and oppose much of what the Left stands for. And in the decades since the Reagan Administration, approach to everything from the 'War on Terrorism" Foes? Neo-conservatives have become influential and well to the welfare state to the role of religion in politics. Yaron Brook respected. But who exactly are they? Do they have Neo-conservatism, Dr. Brook will argue, is Neo-conservatives are widely credited with influencing a philosophy? Does their influence extend beyond an enemy to rational philosophy and its increasing President Bush's foreign policy. Indeed, their argu- influence in Washington and on American culture ments often sound good: they certainly appear to be foreign policy to domestic issues? In this lecture Dr. Brook will trace the ideologi- will lead to political suicide for America. ardenHy in favor of American self-defense. They take Sunday, July 3, 2005 • 1:45-3:15 PM ideas seriously, represent themselves as pro-capitalist cal origins of Neo-conservative thought and explain

of creationist, better adapted to its inhospitable itself more palatable to intellectuals and the general Creationism in Camouflage: The public. And because the collapse of philosophy has left "Intelligent Design" Deception environment. The new Creationism goes by the name of 'Intelligent Design" and poses a greater danger today's academics-including the most passionate and Keith Lockitch vocal defenders of evolution-incapable of answering For decades creationists have sought to replace than old-style Creationism. In this talk Dr. Lockitch will its most fundamental arguments, the doors of our evolution with the Book of Genesis. But defenders of examine the Intelligent Design movement focusing colleges and schools are ominously open to primitive evolution have consistenHy prevailed in the schools on its similarities and differences with standard mysticism masquerading as science. and the courts of law. This struggle for intellectual creationism. By hiding its religious nature in a cloak Sunday, July 3, 2005 • 8-9:30 PM survival has led to the evolution of a new 'species' of pseudo-science, the movement seeks to make Drawing on our critique of these views, we will also How "Activist" Should Judges Be?: brought before judges. But what is improper judicial Objectivity in Judicial Decisions activism? How should judges interpret the law? consider: What should we want in a judge? What is his proper role? What ends should he be most This lecture will examine several compet- concerned to uphold? If we seek the rule of law (as Charges of judicial activism and politicized judging ing answers to these questions, such as theories opposed to the rule of men), what does that ideal have increased dramatically in recent decades. The espousing adherence to original intent, textualism, amount to in this context, given that a nation's laws stakes of such disputes are momentous. For even values and popular sovereignty. We will identify the must be man-made and man-applied? the best-designed laws cannot protect individuals' pivotal philosophical premises beneath each theory Wednesday, July 6, 2005 • 10:15-11 :45AM rights if those laws are not properly interpreted when and the practical implications of its employment.

Ayn Rand 's Unique and Enduring conflicts that actually matter and make sense. The est rewards to the readers with the most active mirds. Drawing on the range of Ayn Rand's 'MJ1< i1 fK:- Contributions to Literature philosophical confusions and esthetic lapses that under- tun Shoshana Milgram cut other writers (including the greatest of those writers) tion (inducing her earliest ideas, her writings aooJI itera- There is nothing like an Ayn Rand novel. Because of give readers the problem of dealing with distracting ture and the post-Atlas novels she pla'lned), this ledlJe her unique understanding of the nature of human life inconsistencies. The impact of Ayn Rand's work, by will ft'ON how she takes readers into her \\U'id, keeps and the principles governing its depiction in art, she is contrast, is continuous, undiluted and irresistible. Her them there-and makes them 'MSll never to ieave. able to dramatize-in a stylized universe-powerful technique of "writing in tiers," moreover, offers the great- Thursday, July 7, 2005 • 10:15-11:45 AM -

last gasp of pagan Greek philosophy-Neo-Platonic Ideas and the Fall of Rome Without a rational alternative, religious certainty beat d John Lewis skepticism hands-down. America is now locked in mysticism-cleared the way for the intellectual ao moral takeover by Augustinian Christianity. 11 was For centuries men have confronted a false alterna- such a struggle, between the religious Right and the · ntof the default of the philosophers-and their gra. r tive of enormous historical import: religious mysticism nihilistic Left. This lecture will use the example of the . th 1oundations 1o versus philosophical skepticism. Greece once faced later Roman Empire to demonstrate the outcome credence to the mystics-that set e this dilemma; in the end her philosophers turned to of a similar struggle, and its consequences, on a the Dark Ages. 15 skepticism, and her population to orthodox religion. world-scale. It was in the third century A.O. that the Thursday, July 7, 2005 • 1:45-3: PM -

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C0 nference 2004 -Comment from an attendee of Objectivist Summer TWO LECTURES BY MARY ANN SURES-The Value of Ayn Rand 's Philosophy of Art Most people have mistaken assumptions about art, accepted and applied Ayn Rand's philosophy of art? philosophy of art (the definition of art, and the relation such as: art really can't be defined or explained ; or, Using examples from painting and sculpture , the of art to man's conceptual faculty); and a section art is a matter of subjective "taste"; or, appreciating lectures will demonstrate what Objectivist esthetics on how Ayn Rand's reality-oriented, reason-based and responding to art comes from innate talent; or a makes possible in the understanding, appreciation approach to art separates her work from that of combination of the above. Consequently, their experi- and enjoyment of art, and in the understanding of previous estheticians. ence of art is marred by uncertainty and confusion . one's deepest philosophical convictions. Also included Saturday, July 9, 2005 • 10:15-11 :45 AM What difference would it make in their lives if they will be a review of the essence of the Objectivist Sunday, July 10, 2005 • 10:15-11:45 AM

Reclaiming Education (part 2) junior high school that was founded on this unique school , how to teach children a deep appreciation of Lisa VanDamme approach. In this lecture she will discuss some of her great literature, and the incremental process by which In her 1998 lecture "Reclaiming Education," Lisa principles of education and will illustrate them with teachers can train students to be good writers (and VanDamme presented her approach to educa- inspirational stories from her well-respected school. therefore clear thinkers). tion, based on her experiences as a home-school She will explain , among other things: how to promote Saturday, July 9, 2005 • 1: 45-3:15 PM teacher. Now, seven years later, Mrs. VanDamme is conceptual understanding as opposed to rote memo- the owner and director of a private elementary and rization , why she describes hers as a "no gimmicks"

Ayn Rand's Home Atmosphere: her childhood and teenage years? Dr. Garmong toward her person , her work and the events of her Her Family in Russia will present each member of Miss Rand's family as new life in America? In this talk you will discover Dina Schein Garmong an individual who was important to her and whom each family member's personality and character For more than 10 years after she left Russia, Ayn you might like to meet. What were each person's traits. Dr. Gannong will also allow you to hear these Rand corresponded regularly with her family, whom interests, aspirations and convictions? What activities individuals speak for themselves by reading excerpts she loved and who were left behind. What was the filled their daily lives? What relationship did each of from the correspondence they wrote to Miss Rand . home atmosphere in which she was born and spent them have with Miss Rand? What was their attitude Saturday, July 9, 2005 • S-9:30 PM

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greek by later thinkers (like Aeschylus), reaches its climax use you and persecute you ." This lecture surveys this Justice: Homer to the Sermon on in Aristotle's moral philosophy-and is utterly rejected history, covering (in addition to the above mentioned the Mount by Jesus, who told the pagan world: "Ye have heard figures): the Sophists, Aristophanes, Euripides and Robert Mayhew that ii hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour Plato. Throughout, Dr. Mayhew will underscore the The traditional ancient Greek conception of justice is and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your contemporary relevance of the dash between Greek best captured by the idea of helping friends and hann- enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them justice and the Christian alternative. ing enemies. This conception of justice is improved that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully Monday, July 11 , 2005 • S-9:30 PM

Ayn Rand and the History of Ethics tral questions throughout the history of ethics. They views, focusing mainly on Aristotle, Hume and Kant. Darryl Wright are also central questions in Ayn Rand's Objectivist The aim of the lecture will be both to highlight some Can reason prescribe the ends human beings should ethics, questions on which she offered distinctive of Ayn Rand's most significant contributions to the seek in life, as well as the means to those ends? And and vitally important answers. Dr. Wright's lecture field of ethics and to explore her views concerning what role does reason have to play in motivating us will compare and contrast Ayn Rand's views in these the role of reason in human life. to act? In one fonn or another, these have been cen- areas with some of the most influential historical Tuesday, July 12, 2005 • 10:15-11:45 AM

Man's Rights: Ayn Rand's to identify the deeper reasons for why man has rights context for understanding, in full , the historic contri- Historic Contribution and why survival qua man requires that they be rec- bution of Ayn Rand . We will see that only with what ognized, had barely begun. And-tragically-through she has discovered will men be able to fully defend In his 1689 Two Treatises of Government, John the 18th century such efforts were unsuccessful. man's rights-the concept on which any possibility of Locke explicitly connects the concept of man's rights Dr. Ridpath will examine these 18th-century fail- a future society proper to man's nature must be built. to the evil of the initiation of force. Wrth this identifica- ings, the 19th-century dismissal of man's rights and Wednesday, July 13, 2005 • 10:15-11:45 AM tion, the long struggle to discover and identify man's the 20th-century perversion of the concept of rights. rights came to an end. But at that time the struggle With this background in mind, we will then have the

Capitalism's Economist: The Life and rejected the labor theory of value upon which "exploi- cated limited, republican government while simultane- Doctrines of Jean-Baptiste Say tation" theories were based. Say also pioneered utility ously facing persecution and censorship by Napoleon. Richard M. Salsman analysis, laid the ground for rational price theory and Champions of today can find no better hero In the field of eoonomics, Jean-Baptiste Say (1767- emphasized the productive role of entrepreneurs. in the history of pro-capitalist economic thought than 1832) is history's greatest champion of laissez-faire His most enduring legacy-Say's Law-stressed the Say-and no better guide for refuting the innumerable capitalism. Deriving economic laws by induction, Say primacy of production; the law's many corollaries fonn perversities embedded in contemporary economics. eschewed the rationalism of later pro-capitalist econo- the foundation of a consistent economic case for lais- Wednesday, July 13, 2005 • 1:45-3:15 PM mists. Stressing reason's prime role in economic sez-faire capitalism. Both a product of and contributor analysis, wealth-creation and profit-making, Say to the French Enlightenment, Say courageously advo-

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Welcome Reception and Dinner GROUP A (W1=Week 1; W2=Week 2) • Four 90-minute sessions: 8:30-10AM Meet other attendees at the opening A1W1 orA1W2 ing the middle, classifying by essentials . reception and celebrate the beginning of the . . , respecting The Elements of Thinking in Principles h1erarchy, keeping context and dismissing th . summer conference with the opening dinner! . 'd earti1- This event is dressy: coats and ties for Craig Biddle trary . Using a wI e variety of examples, we will see gentlemen, evening wear for ladies, please. Ayn Rand's cognitive clarity and moral certainty were how-when property understood and applied-th Guests may purchase tickets for this event. consequences of her thinking in princi ples. Thinking elements unify into the whole that is the hallmark ese Saturday, July 2, 2005 • 6-9:30 PM in principles is, in essence, a process of identifying of obJecllv1ty: the method of thinking in princi ·11 · pes1 . relevant fundamentals and applying them property to Alt end ees wI increase their understanding of wh . Q-&-A Panel on Foreign Policy and a given situation. This course will examine and con- .in vo Iv ed .1n th·1s vI' ta I method, which will better equatiip s the State of the Culture cretize crucial components of this method , emphasiz- them to pursue their values, promote their lives and Join Harry Binswanger, Varon Brook and ing the practical, life-or-death implications of each. protect their rights. (The course presupposes an Peter Schwartz for a discussion of the We will discuss the nature, importance and intermediate-level understanding of Objectivist epis- philosophical and moral issues related to interrelationships of: naming one's primaries, exclud- temolog y and ethics.) foreign policy and the state of the culture. Wednesday, July 6, 2005 8-10 PM A2W1 orA2W2 the English attempts to reign in their monarchs. Academic Panel The History of England (part 1), This course begins with an overview of the stale 1066-1215 A discussion of cultural trends and their of England in 1066, including the significance of its Andrew Lewis significance for the spread of Objectivism. geographic isolation, and the legacies of the Roman England's political history is a laboratory for experi- Thursday, July 7, 2005 • 8-9:30 PM and Anglo-Saxon invasions. It will identify the signifi- ments on the limits of political power. From the arrival cant and distinctive reforms instituted by William (and Presentation: The State of of William the Conqueror, the English have tried to his heirs), the changing nature of feudal society, and the Ayn Rand Institute control the power of their kings. In so doing, they have introduce the important dynastic disputes, the conflict Dr. Varon Brook, executive director of ARI , provided valuable information about the conditions between Church and state, and the origins of the feud will present an update on the projects of necessary to protect individual liberty. This course, the between England and France. It will culminate with an the Institute and describe some of its recent first in a series of courses, traces the early results of examination of the Magna Charla. successes-as well as its future goals. Sunday, July 10, 2005 • 8-9:30 PM A3W1 (FIRST WEEK ONLY) who organized their treatises around a central inte- Three Great Greek Historians grating principle. Their explanations for why events Closing Reception, Dinner and John Lewis happened established a causal view of history.~ Dance Men have always been concerned with the past, omnipresence of customs and laws in Herodotus, Come ready to dance the night away! Our often to maintain their traditions, to venerate their the nature of human nature in Thucydides and the final evening will begin with a reception and gods or to remember the deeds of their rulers. But power of virtue and of constitutions in Polybius con- dinner, followed by dancing until midnight. the Greeks were the first to write history systemati- stitute the themes of their histories and the essence This event is dressy; coats and ties for cally. This course will begin by describing how the of their historical principles. (Students should read gentlemen, evening wear for ladies, please. ancients first approached historical writing, in the the Penguin editions of Herodotus's Histories, Guests may purchase tickets for this event. genres of genealogy, mythography, chronography Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian war and Wednesday, July 13, 2005 • 6:30 PM-12 Midnight and "local history." The next three classes tum to Polybius's Rise of the Roman Empire .) the historians Herodotus, Thucydides and Polybius,

A4W1 orA4W2 dramatist who revolutionized Italian opera. Unlike Giuseppe Verdi: The Man and Wagner-the other giant of 19th-century opera-whO His Operas wrote about gods, Verdi oomposed his scores a~ Sandra Schwartz man. Utilizing the best theatrical material of the _time, In the second half of the 19th century, there was e.g., Shakespeare, Schiller, Hugo, Verdi _gave h: only one name in Italian opera: Giuseppe Verdi. operas integrative power and emotiooal impact Y What made him and his operas so universally loved centering them around a range of moral values-love, throughout his lifetime and a century after his death? loyalty, friendship, justice, hooor-all he~hte~sby This course shows how the son of an glorious melody. The oourse also shows hoW . . 1·1 his own terms. in innkeeper rose from a student rejected by the independent man liv ed hIs I e on . h. art. Milan Conservatory of Music to a peerless musical his personal relationships, in his politics aod in

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GROUP 8 (W1=Week 1; W2=Week 2) • Three 90-minute sessions; 1:45-3:15 PM (except July 5) B1W1 orB1W2 Thanks to Ayn Rand, we now have the tools Achilles, the Tortoise and the needed for a proper understanding. In this course, Objectivity of Mathematics Dr. Corvini uses easy-to-visualize examples (includ- Pat Corvini ing the much-discussed race of Achilles and the Philosophers and mathematicians alike have long tortoise) to explain the actual relation of a mathemati- misunderstood the relation of mathematics to the rest cal concept to physical concretes . She identifies the of human knowledge. Mathematical concepts are error that has obstructed men's understanding of regarded as divorced from physical reality, yet math- this issue (and that underlies Zeno's paradox), and ematical conclusions are esteemed as the paradigm uses this insight to identify and evaluate the essence of certainty. This is a dangerous combination: it has of several theories of modern mathematics. Her facilitated centuries of attacks on man's means of analysis highlights the importance and power of the knowledge. It comes from a failure to understand the Objectivist theory of concepts. nature of mathematical abstraction.

B2W1 orB2W2 least until the early 20th century-was considered the The Philosophy and Influence of philosophical father of modem science. Robert Boyle, Sir Francis Bacon Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin-virtually all scientists JohnMcCaskey from the 1620s through the 1880s-believed that it Thomas Jefferson said the three greatest minds that was Bacon's introduction of the inductive method that ever lived were Francis Bacon, John Locke and Isaac made their successes possible. This course will look Newton. While most of us are familiar with the last not only at Bacon's life and thought, but also his fame two, few of us know much about Francis Bacon. This and subsequent fall from the philosophical pantheon course will introduce students to the man who-at in which he was once a prominent member.

B3W1 or B3W2 This course will look at Ayn Rand's fundamen- Ayn Rand: Breathing Reason and tal contributions to psychology. Passion Back into Psychology Starting with a brief sampler of influential Ellen Kenner psychologists (their view of human nature and A common refrain today is: "I tried therapy; I ended the therapy methods that resulted), this course up more confused." Why? Lacking a proper philo- explores how Ayn Rand's key philosophical dis- sophical basis, psychologists, whose goal is to help coveries, based on her view of human nature, not clients achieve mental health, are at risk of giving only expose why conventional psychology is often inconsistent or wrong advice. In contrast, Ayn Rand's flawed and damaging, but how they can provide rational philosophy provides a foundation that can a true foundation for mental health and effective enable therapists to untangle subconscious confu- therapy methods. We will see how therapy methods sions and contradictions---giving one the methods, informed by Objectivism can breathe reason and guidelines and basic premises to enjoy life. passion back into psychology and into your life.

B4W1 orB4W2 some of the world's great works of short fiction by Gems of Short Fiction authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Lisa VanDamme Oscar Wilde and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Her One consequence of the decay of American educa- approach to analyzing these stories will be the one tion is that many adults have never been exposed defined by in his brilliant course to the classics of world literature. Reading lists from "Eight Great Plays": she will discuss the plot (or today's high schools and universities consist pri- central event), characterization, theme, underlying marily of contemporary American fiction or obscure philosophy and style of each author. In doing so, multicultural novels. In those rare cases where the she hopes to introduce Objectivists to the powerful classics are taught, they are analyzed either super- events, penetrating insights and memorable charac- ficially or from an irrational philosophic perspective. ters of stories that they ought to have been taught In this course Mrs. VanDamme will discuss in school, and which are taught at her school.

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GROUP C (W1 =Week 1; W2=Week 2) • Five 60-minute sessions; 3:3M:30 PM (except July 5) DANCE WORKSHOP C1W1 or C1W2 directly opposed to the foundations of American The History of America (part 4): The freedom and prosperity. How did these philosophic Industrial Republic, 1877-1920 changes affect American life? What ideas caused DW1 or DW2 (W1 =Week 1; W2=Week 2) Eric Daniels the Populist and Progressive movements? America Two 90-minute sessions; 6-7:30 PM This course tells the story of America's emergence also entered and fought two international wars in t. ''C.tr from the Civil War years as a modern, industrial- this era. What caused these conflicts and why did Marilyn George and Ted Gray ized nation. During the late 19th and early 20th America fight? In these five lectures, the fourth part Marilyn George and Ted Gray will teach the centuries, the United States underwent dramatic of an on-going series, Dr. Daniels will explain the foxtrot. This is the easiest of the social dances to changes not only in its economic development, major events and intellectual trends of American learn and provides a foundation for all social danc- becoming a dynamo of productivity, but also in history from the 1870s to the end of World War I. ing. If you can walk and hear the rhythm of the its philosophic outlook. As the nation advanced The focus will be on illuminating the broad trends in music, you can do this dance. The foxtrot is done materially, the leading intellectuals embraced ideas our history. to moderate tempo music in 2/4 or 4/4 time which C2W1 orC2W2 encompasses the majority of popular music of the Postmodern ism Postmodemism originated in the arts, and smooth variety and the most frequently played at its greatest influence has been in such fields as Robert Garmong ballroom dances. archttecture and literature. In addition to the philosophic The course targets the beginner level with Before Ayn Rand, philosophers regarded their failure underpinnings of this brazenly irrational philosophy, to discover a rational philosophy as an embarassment. no prior experience but those with some experi- we will look at postmodemism's destructive effects ence are welcome as well. It will include a few Then came postmodemism, a movement that revels on esthetics, as well as politics, law-even foreign in the irrational--daiming to be "playful" about the basic step patterns plus how to hold your part- policy. We will see how this movement has become the rejection of reason, logic and values. ner, walk gracefully, hold your posture-leading vanguard of irrationality in today's world. for men, following for women. C3W1 orC3W2 You will find dancing easier in leather- describe Walton's growth and motivational strategies, soled shoes. Wal-Mart: The Story of the World's e.g., starting in small towns, saturating local areas, Greatest Retailer building distribution centers near the stores, the use Edwin A. Locke of computers, the use of goal setting, his profit shar- This course will discuss how Sam Walton, begin- ing plan and his methods of communication. The ning with a five and dime store in a small Arkansas story will be continued by relating what happened town, grew Wal-Mart into what became the world's after Walton's death, under the leadership of the two largest retailer. This course will describe Walton's CEOs who followed him: David Glass and Lee Scott. gradual discovery and mastery of the discount retail- The course will conclude by describing the persecu- ing concept. Walton's traits, including his genius as a tion the company has had to endure (and still is merchandiser, will be revealed . The course will also enduring) because of its success.

C4W1 or C4W2 we establish that certain truths are foundational? The Hierarchy of Knowledge This course will survey historical answers to these Greg Salmieri questions and examine Ayn Rand's solutions. About Human knowledge is hierarchical: it has a definite half of the course will be devoted to historical views, order with some ttems of knowledge depending focusing on how each is based on a theory of on others. To prove a conclusion we need to trace concepts and has implications for the status of philo- tts roots back through the hierarchy to self-evident sophical principles and moral evaluations. The rest primaries. Philosophers since the Greeks have of the course will show how Ayn Rand's theory of noticed this and struggled with such questions as: concepts leads to a distinctive approach to hierarchy, How do items of knowledge depend on one another? explaining how abstract principles and moral evalua- What are the foundations of knowledge? How can tions can be grounded in sense perception.

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GROUP D(W1==Week 1; W2==Week 2) • Five 60-minute session; 4:45-5:45 PM (except July 5) o1W1 or 01W2 . . manufacturer who earned considerable wealth from . il The Impact of _the Scott1s_h Enlightenment his innovative process of synthesizing ammonium on the Industrial Revolution chloride. William Cullen, who revolutionized the AYN R.AND Andrew eemstein . . tea_ching of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, BOOK•STORE . The protound influence of the ~coltish Enlightenment IrntIated a project to improve bleaching methods book1/1udl0Mdtot fotthtt1Uon1lmlnd'• ...., British Industrial Revolution has rarely been employed by local linen manufacture J on •"' . Th I E r h rs. ames identified or appreciated. e centra n 19 tenment Watt, Adam Smith and the chemist Joseph Bl k principles of reason, and freedom took were three of many Scottish thinkers who wro:~ht deep root in 18th century Sco~and and brought great technological and industrial advances. The Industrial Featuring a complete ctical progress. Many leading Scottish intellectu- Revolution, so often uni·ustly maligned - be Pra fa 'd. ,w1never11 als were themselves manu cturers or 1n ustnal fully understood until it is seen as a consequence of collection of titles by consultants. F~r example, James Hutton, a sc1en- the Enlightenment's conviction that applied rationality list and early pt00eer of geology, was a chemical would transform man's life on earth. Ayn Rand and

02w1 oro2w2 ers in this connection was to "check your premises!' Dr. Leonard Peikoff- "Check Your Premises" : A Practical In this course you will leam mind-self-management Ayn Rand's intellectual heir Guide for the Active Mind methods that incorporate her advice, methods for Lee Pierson directing your thinking to the right issue at each step of It is often said that effective critical thinking requires an your thought processes. These psycho-epistemologi- •open mind,' i.e., a willingness to suspend judgment cal procedures can help you make the most of your on issueS. However, as Ayn Rand observed, it is not thinking abilities in constructing your own arguments ANNUAL ISSUE an open mind (or worse yet a "wide open mind") that and intellectual self-defense against the arguments of '

03W1 or03W2 to approach and to evaluate. The Sublime Art: An Introduction to the This course will increase students' enjoyment Elements of Poetry and appreciation of poetry by introducing them JasonRheins to the basic concepts of poetics. Using examples Ayn Rand once said of poetry, "I think [it] is the from acclaimed English-speaking poets (includ- highest and most exacting of arts.· Indeed, read- ing Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, Tennyson, ing poetry can be a richly rewarding experience. Longfellow, Housman, Kipling and Frost), we will However, because poems use language in an discuss both structural elements of poetry such as unfamiliar way and because they must integrate prosody, meter, scansion, rhyme, and form as well so many different considerations, ranging from the as elements concerning the content of poems such phonological to the thematic, poetry can be difficult as argument, theme, imagery and mood.

D4W1 or04W2 money and banking. The course will cover a num- Money, Banking and the Business Cycle ber of topics, including: the effects of money and Brian Simpson the banking system on the economy, the Federal This course will help you understand the relationship Reserve and how the Fed creates greater instability betw~n money, banking and the business cycle. in the economy, the nature and effects of inflation, Dr. Simpson will argue that the business cycle is historical examples of the business cycle, and more. Plus, many other caused by the government's violation of individual Dr. Simpson will argue that freedom in money and nghts · banking would lead to a gold standard and the selections by leading . . in the monetary and banking systems. To eliminate the business cycle he will argue the greatest stability that is possible in the monetary and prolecti · .. ' ' Objectivist intellectuals _ on of individual rights must be restored in banking systems.

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ANDREW BERNSTEIN DINA SCHEIN GARMONG Ph.D., Philosophy, 1986, City University of New York Ph.D., Philosophy, 2002, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Bernstein holds a Ph .D. in philosophy and is a member of Dr. Garmong is a visiting assistant professor of philosophy at the Ayn Rand lnstitute's Speakers Bureau. He is working on Auburn University. A graduate of ARl's Objectivist Graduate a book, The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Center, she has lectured at Objectivist conferences on ethics, Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire . esthetics and Ayn Rand's biographical material. She has been published in The Intellectual ActMst, has an essay in Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living," and currently is translating the Russian correspondence CRAIG BIDDLE to Ayn Rand from her family. B.A. , Fine Arts, 1988, Virginia Commonwealth University Craig Biddle is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self- MARILYN GEORGE Interest and the Facts that Support It and is currently writing B.S., Child Development, 1961, Iowa State University another book, "Good Thinking : The Science of Being Selfish ." TED GRAY In addition to writing, he lectures on the Objectivist ethics and B.S ., Mechanical Engineering, 1965, teaches workshops on thinking in principles. Northeastern University; M.S. , Mechanical Engineering, 1971, HARRY BINSWANGER Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Ph.D., Philosophy, 1973, Marilyn George is a retired Montessori teacher, school owner and administrator. Dr. Binswanger is the author of The Biological Basis of She holds teaching certificates from both the American Montessori Society and the Teleological Concepts, the editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon International Association of Progressive Montessorians and was a Montessori teacher and co-editor of the second edition of Ayn Rand's Introduction for twenty-five years. She owned, administered and taught for 10 years in her own to Objectivist Epistemology. Dr. Binswanger is a professor of school, which had an international reputation for excellence. She taught Montessori philosophy at the Ayn Rand lnstitute's Objectivist Academic courses at Seattle University for more than 10 years and has consulted for schools Center and is a member of ARl's Board of Directors. He is currently working on nationwide. Marilyn has been ballroom dancing since she met Ted Gray at a a book on the nature of consciousness. conference in 1989, at her first lesson, and today they compete at the Silver level. Ted Gray, an engineer, has been dancing since his teens. Ted and Marilyn YARON BROOK consider dancing primarily a social and romantic activity. Occasionally, they enter Ph.D., Finance, 1994, University of Texas at Austin amateur dance competitions. As a couple they have given many formal and informal Dr. Brook is president and executive director of the Ayn Rand group lessons-at home, at conferences and on a cruise ship. Ted is a mechanical Institute. A former finance professor, he has published in engineer with forty years experience in design and analysis of structures, and academic as well as popular publications, and is frequently prevention of vibration. He is an amateur student of history, enjoying especially the interviewed in the media. He has appeared on CNN , Fox biographies of great Americans and the history of technology. He has been a student News Channel and PBS, among others. He has lectured of Objectivism for thirty-eight years. on Objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy at college campuses across America and in the boardrooms of large corporations. ELLEN KENNER Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1992, University of Rhode Island PKf CORVINI Dr. Kenner, a dinical psychologist, has taught university Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1995, University of California at courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology Santa Barbara and theories of personality. She gives talks on romance, Dr. Corvini, a former engineer with twenty years' experience self-improvement, psychological self-defense, parenting and in semiconductor optoelectronics, is currently an independent communication skills. She is in her eighth year as host of the scholar studying the history and philosophy of mathemat- nationally syndicated radio talk show The Rational Basis of Happiness•. ics. Her long-term research interests focus on the nature of abstraction and the role of induction in math. She lectured on Greek mathemat- ANDREW LEWIS ics at Objectivist summer conferences in 2003 and 2004. Bachelor of Education (Secondary), 1988; Graduate Diploma of Applied Philosophy, 1993; Postgraduate Diploma of Philosophy, ERIC DANIELS 1994, University of Melbourne, Australia Ph.D., American History, 2001, University of Wisconsin Mr. Lewis has studied philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Dr. Daniels is a visiting assistant professor of history at Duke Center, the University of Melbourne (Australia) and the University's Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace. University of Southern California. He worked with Dr. Peikoff He has lectured at summer conferences and to Objectivist on his radio show, has lectured at Objectivist conferences and is developing the community groups, and is an alumnus of ARl's Objectivist history curriculum for the VanDamme Academy, where he teaches several classes. Graduate Center. He is currently working on a book about American politics and ethics in the antebellum period .

ROBERT GARMONG "The Conference was worth every penny. Ph.D., Philosophy, 2002, University of Texas at Austin The instructors were very knowledgeable and Dr. Garmong Is a graduate of the Objectivist Graduate Center, and has lectured on philosophy at many Objectivist confer- enthusiastic-I was very impressed. " ences. He is the author of "J.S. Mill's Re-Conceptualization of Liberty,' currently under submission to publishers. Dr. -Comment from an attendee of Objectivist Summer Conference 2004 Garmong teaches philosophy at Texas A&M University.

10 REGISTER ONLINE w w w. object iv is t conferences. c O m JOHN LEWIS PIERSON Ph.D., Classics, 2001 , University of Cambridge um Ph.D., Psychology, Cornell University Dr. Lewis is an assistant professor of history at Ashland Dr. Pierson is director of the Thinking Skills Institute of University, Ashland, Ohio. He holds an Anthem Fellowship for Fairleigh Dickinson University's New College of General and Objectivist Scholarship, a Ph.D. in classics from the University Continuing Studies, and presents seminars on thinking skills of Gambridge and a B.A. in History from the University of and other topics for academic and corporate clients in the Rhode Island . He taught ancient history at the University of United States and . ondoJ and was a visiting scholar at Rice University and Bowling Green State ~nive~ity. Dr. Lewis has published in classical journals such as Polis, Dike, Bryn JASON G. RHE INS Mawr Classical Review and Anglo-Hellemc Review, and in Capitalism Magazine. B.A. , Philosophy and Classics, Stanford University . . Mr. Rheins is a graduate student in philosophy at the University EDWIN A. LOCKE of Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors from Stanford Ph.D., Industrial Organizational Psychology, 1964, Come// University University in 2003 with a B.A. in philosophy and classics. Dr. Locke is Dean's Professor of Leadership and Motivation He researches ancient and early-modem metaphysics, (Emeritus) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the epistemology and foundations of ethics. He is currently University of Maryland, College Park. He is internationally completing his first collection of lyric poetry. known for his research and writings on work motivation, leadership and related topics, including the application of JOHN RIDPATH Objectivism to psychology and management. He is a senior writer for the Ayn Ph.D., Economics, 1974, . Rand Institute and has published numerous op-eds. Dr. Ridpath (, retired) writes and speaks in defense of capitalism, and on the impact throughout Western KEITII LOCKJTCH history-including the American Founding era--0f the ideas Ph.D., Physics, 1999, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee of the major philosophers. A recipient of numerous teaching Dr. Lockitch is a junior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, where awards and nominee for Canadian Professor of the Year, he he edits and writes op-eds and teaches in the Objectivist continu~s to lecture throughout Europe and North America . Academic Center. He teaches undergraduate writing and a graduate course on the history of physics. Before joining ARI, GREG SALMIERI he was assistant editor of The Intellectual Activist, and did 8.A. , Philosophy, 2001 , The College of New Jersey postdoctoral research in physics. Greg Salmieri is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He specializes in epistemology and ROBERT MAYHEW ancient philosophy, and his research interests are focused Ph.D., Philosophy, 1991, Georgetown University on Aristotle's epistemology and methodology, and on theo- Dr. Mayhew is a professor of philosophy at Seton Hall ries of concepts. University. He is the author of Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Republic, The Female in Aristotle's Biology and Ayn ~a~d and RICHARD M. SALSMAN •song of Russia," and the editor of Ayn Rand's Mary_ma~a, The B.A. , 1981, Bowdoin College; Art of Nonfiction, Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Uvmg, and M.8.A. , 1988, New York University (forthcoming) Ayn Rand Answers and Essays on Ayn Rand's "Anthem." Mr. Salsman is president of lnterMarket Forecasting, Inc., an investment research firm. Previously he worked for The Bank JOHN MCCASKEY of New York, Citibank and H.C. Wainwright Economics. He is M.8.A. and M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1983, Case Western the author of two books, five chapters and numerous articles. Reserve University; Master of Liberal Arts, 1997, Stanford ~nive_rsity John Mccaskey is a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford_LJmvers1ty SANDRA SCHWARTZ where he teaches and studies the history and philosophy of M.S., Finance, 1973, State University of New York at Binghamton science. His current research focuses on the history of theo: Mrs. Schwartz has been an opera aficionado and a passion- ries of induction. He was co-founder of Epiphany, Inc.,_and is ate observer of the opera scene for more than 35 years. She founder and president of the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship. has taught opera appreciation classes, specializing in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, at the 1992, 1995 and 1997 sum- SHOSHANA MILGRAM mer conferences, and privately since 1979. Ph.D., Comparative Literature, 1978, Stanford Universit~ . . BRIAN P. SIMPSON Dr. Milgram, an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech, has lectured on Ayn Rand in university courses, at the Ph.D., Economics, 2000, George Mason University, Virginia Smithsonian and at academic and Objectivist conferences. Dr. Simpson is an assistant professor at National University Her publications include articles on Ayn Rand, Hugo a~d . in San Diego, where he has been teaching economics since Dostoevsky; her current project is a study of Ayn Rand s life 2002. He has presented papers at scholarly conferences, has up to 1957. created a minor in economics with a focus on free market economics and is author of the book Markets DonY Fail!

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TARA SMITII The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism Ph.D., Philosophy, 1989, Johns Hopkins University Tara Smith is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, where she currently holds an Anthem Ayn Rand was an ardent advocate of reason, egoism and Foundation Fellowship. She recently completed writing The laissez-faire capitalism. Virtuous Egoist-Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics, and is the author of two books and several articles in moral and political philosophy. The Ayn Rand Institute seeks to promote these principles, MARY ANN SURES spearheading a "cultural M.A. , Art History, 1966, Hunter College, New York renaissance" to reverse the Mary Ann Sures taught art history at Washington Square antireason, antifreedom, College of N.Y.U. and at Hunter College. She applied Objectivist esthetics to painting and sculpture in a 10-lecture course, anticapitalist trends in Esthetics of the Visual Arts, which was written in consultation today's culture. with Ayn Rand. Her philosophical approach to art history is By making an annual presented in 'Metaphysics in Marble" (The Objectivist, February/March 1969). She is co-author with her (late) husband Charles of Facets of Ayn Rand (published contribution of $35 or more, by the Ayn Rand Institute), memoirs of their longtime friendship with Ayn Rand and you will receive a 12-month her husband Frank O'Connor. subscription to Impact, the newsletter of the Ayn Rand LISA VANDAMME Institute. Impact will keep you B.A., Philosophy, 1994, University of Texas at Austin Lisa VanDamme is the owner and director of VanDamme apprised of upcoming events Academy, a private elementary and junior high school in and new publications on Ayn Rand and Objectivism. Laguna Hills, California. She specializes in the application In addition, it features interviews with leading Objectivist of Objectivism to educational theory. She is currently editing intellectuals, a regular column for fans who want to learn an education anthology which will feature Leonard Peikoff's more about Ayn Rand's philosophy, and many articles to course Philosophy of Education, and which will include her previous lectures on home schooling, hierarchy, the teaching of values and classical education. keep you up to date with the latest information. In addition to the Impact newsletter, an annual contri- DARRYL WRIGHT bution of $100 or more will give you access to password- Ph.D., Philosophy, 1991, University of Michigan Darryl Wright is an associate professor of philosophy at protected areas of ARl's Web site. Here you will be able to Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. He has access premium content not available to the general public, written and lectured on topics in ethical theory, the history of such as audio and video lectures by Objectivist intellectuals ethics, and political philosophy and is a frequent speaker at and historic memorabilia-updated each month. Objectivist conferences.

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CHILDREN $44 $29 $29 $29 $29 $54 (12 and under)

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STEP 3-REGISTER FOR GENERAL SESSIONS AND JULY 6 EVENING PANEL* (OPTIONAL) Check registration choice and write amount in space provided (8). .. General Attendee Prices Student Prices

WEEK1 WEEK2 BOTH WEEKS I WEEK1 WEEK2 BOTH WEEKS DISCOUNT PRICING $185 $185 $350 l REGISTER BY $575 $575 $1075 MARCH 31, 2005 PRICING AFTER $215 $215 $415 $625 $625 $1195 MARCH 31, 2005

• Note: The Academic Panel and the ARI Presentation are both free.

Total price for General Sessions and Evening Panel • • • • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · $ {ID (continued on next page)

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STEP 4-REGISTER FOR OPTIONAL COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Ust courses (course codes and titles are listed on pages 6-9). Week 1 PRICING PRICING THROUGH AFTER March 31, 2005 March 31, 2005 TYPE CODE TITLE A $ 140 ...... $ 165 B $ 115 ...... $ 140 C $ 125 ...... $ 150 D $ 125 ...... $ 150 Dance Workshop

...... $ 75 ...... $ 100

Week2

A $ 140 ...... $ 165 B $ 115 ...... $ 140 C $ 125 ...... $ 150 D $ 125 ...... $ 150 Dance Workshop

...... $ 75 ...... $ 100

Total price for all Optional Courses and Worl

STEP 5---M/DWAYTALKS, TOUR, RECEPTION AND DINNER ...... $ ___(D) ($150 General Attendees; $95 Students; $75 Children, 12 and under)

~ RAND TOTAL PRICING:(add A::Q P-rlce totals ...... , .. .. • ...... , , ..... , .. , •.. , •... , . $

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