Objectivism
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Objectivism or Objectivist may refer to:
- Any standpoint that stresses objectivityObjectivity (disambiguation)Objectivity can refer to:* Objectivity * Objectivity * Objectivity * Objectivity * Objectivity in historiography...
, including; - Philosophical objectivity, realism, the conviction that reality is mind-independent
- Moral objectivism, the view that some ethics are absolute
- Objectivism (Ayn Rand)Objectivism (Ayn Rand)Objectivism is a philosophy created by the Russian-American philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand . Objectivism holds that reality exists independent of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception, that one can attain objective knowledge from perception...
, a philosophy developed by Ayn Rand whose tenets are presented as metaphysically objective- The Objectivist movementObjectivist movementThe Objectivist movement is a movement to study and advance the philosophy of Objectivism. It was founded by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. The movement began informally in the 1950s and consisted of students who were brought together by their mutual interest in Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead...
, a movement formed by followers of Rand's philosophy - Objectivist PartyObjectivist PartyThe Objectivist Party is a political party in the United States that seeks to promote Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism in the political realm. The party was formed on February 2, 2008 by Thomas Stevens; the date was chosen to coincide with Rand's birthday....
, an American political party espousing Rand's philosophy
- The Objectivist movement
- The Objectivist poetsObjectivist poetsThe Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation Modernists who emerged in the 1930s. They were mainly American and were influenced by, amongst others, Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams...
, a group of Modernist writers who emerged in the 1930s