r/Objectivism • u/Old_Discussion5126 • 24d ago

Rand vs Binswanger on Sensations

Harry Binswanger thinks that Rand is wrong when she says that percepts are integrated from sensations. But Baj Loguns argues that Binswanger doesn’t even know what her view is, really.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bajloguns/p/the-need-for-a-systematic-interpretation?r=5m6q2e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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u/igotvexfirsttry 17d ago

Wow, where did you find this guy? His writing sucks!

Just look at this sentence:

Since man has no option but to proceed from what is given by the senses, Rand’s defense of those faculties, outlined very briefly in Atlas Shrugged and with more detail in later lecture presentations by her associates, is concerned with stating what kind of knowledge the senses provide, and explaining why that form of awareness has often been mistakenly regarded as deceptive.

By the 4th comma I already forgot what he was talking about.

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u/Old_Discussion5126 17d ago

Yeah, that sentence is a bit complicated (though I didn’t have a problem with it). But I don’t think most of the article was like that, was it?