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Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) is the pen name of Alice O’Connor, a Russian-born American writer and thinker.

This book guides the reader through the highly original, but controversial, ideas of the Russian–American writer and thinker Ayn Rand (–82).

This book guides the reader through the highly original, but controversial, ideas of the Russian-American writer and thinker Ayn Rand (–)—best known for.

Ayn Rand is a beloved author whose childhood experiences shaped the themes of her novels and ultimately led to the creation of her own philosophy.

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Early on in her career, Rand wrote short stories, plays, and screenplays, and in her later novels and essays went on to develop a philosophical system — which she named ‘Objectivism’ — which includes an epistemology, political philosophy, and a theory of art.

Rand’s Objectivist movement had a number of devoted followers.

Her relationship with philosophy, however, was (and remains) rather controversial in that only a limited number of professional philosophers took her work seriously. This is due to the somewhat polemical style of her writing, and her rather cursory dismissal of other thinkers of the time.

Rand’s perceived lack of methodical rigor and philosophical engagement means her ideas have been rejected by some critics as mere ‘pseudo-philosophy’.

Consequently, her influence in philosophy has been rather limited — though her novels, despi