Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Harry Binswanger (/ˈbinzˌwæŋər/; born 1944) is an American philosopher. He is an Objectivist and was an associate of Ayn Rand, working with her on The Ayn Rand Lexicon. His recent (February 2, 2014) book is How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation. He is currently a columnist for Forbes Online.Binswanger's doctoral dissertation, in the philosophy of biology, presented a new theory of the goal-directedness of living action, in opposition to the views of one of his dissertation advisers, Ernest Nagel. The dissertation was later published as The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts. He taught philosophy at CUNY's Hunter College from 1972 to 1979 and at other New York City schools as well as at the University of Texas, Austin for a semester in 2002. Since 1997, he has operated a fee-based email discussion group on Objectivism. Binswanger has spoken on Objectivist philosophy at over 30 universities, across the U.S., Canada, and abroad. His television appearances have included the Glenn Beck show, Geraldo at Large, and and CNBC's Closing Bell. He also appears in Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, the Academy Award nominated documentary by Michael Paxton, and The Prophecy of Ayn Rand, a recent documentary film by Chris Mortensen.. }
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- Harry_Binswanger abstract "Harry Binswanger (/ˈbinzˌwæŋər/; born 1944) is an American philosopher. He is an Objectivist and was an associate of Ayn Rand, working with her on The Ayn Rand Lexicon. His recent (February 2, 2014) book is How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation. He is currently a columnist for Forbes Online.Binswanger's doctoral dissertation, in the philosophy of biology, presented a new theory of the goal-directedness of living action, in opposition to the views of one of his dissertation advisers, Ernest Nagel. The dissertation was later published as The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts. He taught philosophy at CUNY's Hunter College from 1972 to 1979 and at other New York City schools as well as at the University of Texas, Austin for a semester in 2002. Since 1997, he has operated a fee-based email discussion group on Objectivism. Binswanger has spoken on Objectivist philosophy at over 30 universities, across the U.S., Canada, and abroad. His television appearances have included the Glenn Beck show, Geraldo at Large, and and CNBC's Closing Bell. He also appears in Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, the Academy Award nominated documentary by Michael Paxton, and The Prophecy of Ayn Rand, a recent documentary film by Chris Mortensen.".