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How Independent Thinking Fosters a Culture of Liberty
Independent thinking means only accepting ideas or claims once you fully understand them and see that they fit with your other relevant knowledge.
Religion, Secularism, and the Future of Liberalism
A Rabbi, a Christian, and two Objectivists will discuss whether liberalism requires a religious or a rational secular foundation.
Who Is Carl Barney?
In How to Develop Your Happiness Plan, he will walk you through a proven way to increase your happiness dramatically.
Objective Standard Institute’s 2023 in Review
OSI advanced its mission—and your values—beautifully in 2023. Here are some highlights of our projects and programs throughout the year. Courses OSI taught 12 in-depth courses to 238 students. These...
Secular Spirituality: Principles and Practices for a More Meaningful Life
Learn the secular meaning of spirituality along with corresponding ideas and practices for filling your life with purpose, meaning, and joy. What is a spirit? What is spirituality? Do these...
How to Write Powerfully in Defense of Liberty (November 2023)
Learn a step-by-step method for writing clear, compelling articles in defense of freedom (and for getting published in outlets such as The Objective Standard). If you want to advance freedom...
Atlas Shrugged Reading Group
Explore one of the most philosophically rich novels ever written and expand your knowledge of rational, life-serving ideas. When is a great novel more than just a great story? When...
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology Reading Group
Expand and deepen your understanding of Ayn Rand’s theory of concepts, with a focus on the objectivity and use-value of the ideas. Rand’s Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (ITOE) is about...
Conceptual Clarity and Fallacies that Wreck It
Expand your understanding of the basic principles of concept formation and usage, along with the conceptual fallacies that thwart thinking and obliterate objectivity. The principles of logic, both inductive and...
Your Supersystem for Flourishing (January 2023)
Create your own supersystem for success by integrating highly effective strategies of self-development with basic principles of Ayn Rand’s Objectivism. Living the happiest, most-fulfilling life possible is a massively complex...
Objective Standard Institute’s Terrific 2022
Objective Standard Institute (OSI) has had a wonderfully productive year teaching the rising generation about the importance of philosophy, principles of Objectivism, and related ideas for living fully and advancing liberty.
Philosophy: Who Needs It Reading Group (2022)
Deepen your understanding of principles for thinking clearly and living fully by critically examining Ayn Rand’s Philosophy: Who Needs It. What is the nature of the world in which we...
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