Welcome to Objective Standard Institute

Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing

If you want to live your life to the fullest, OSI is for you. It’s about the basic means to that end: rational, practical philosophy.

Our courses, podcasts, and conferences will sharpen your mind and transform your life.

Level up with OSI. It’s time to thrive.

Intellectual Accelerator Program

Your Path to a Career in Writing and Speaking

Do you want to help spread the ideas on which personal happiness, social harmony, and political freedom depend?

If so, OSI’s Intellectual Accelerator Program (IAP) may be a good fit for you.

Schedules can be fixed or flexible, and scholarships are available.

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Courses

OSI’s courses help you think more clearly, live more fully, and defend freedom more effectively

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Podcasts

OSI’s podcasts provide a constant stream of ideas, strategies, and tactics for success and happiness

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Conferences

OSI’s conferences sharpen your mind, fuel your soul, and connect you with others who live to thrive

Blog

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Keeping ideas connected to reality so they can serve our lives in reality.

On Solid Ground is the hub for content from OSI fellows and affiliates, along with announcements about OSI’s programs and events. Here, you’ll find links to our team’s articles, videos, and other materials published across various platforms. And you’ll discover opportunities to support and engage with our global community.

Level up with OSI. It’s time to thrive.

Courses

Defenders of Capitalism

with Eric Daniels

9 hours total | 6 sessions, beginning October 14, 2024

Come deepen and refine your understanding of capitalism, become a more powerful advocate of freedom, and fight more effectively for a future of flourishing.

Romance in Art: What Paintings Can Show Us about Love

with Luc Travers

6 hours total | 4 sessions, beginning October 22, 2024

Learn about love from some of history’s most romance-focused artists.

Philosophy: Who Needs It Reading Group

with Angelica Walker-Werth

12 hours total | 8 sessions, beginning October 30, 2024

Deepen your understanding of principles for thinking clearly and living fully by critically examining Ayn Rand’s Philosophy: Who Needs It.

“Understanding Objectivism” Listening Group

with Martin Hooss

16.5 hours total | 11 sessions, beginning November 7, 2024

Fortify your understanding of Ayn Rand’s “philosophy for living” by grounding its key principles in perceptual reality through focused discussions of Leonard Peikoff’s course “Understanding Objectivism.”