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Harry Binswanger (born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1944) is a philosopher and writer. He received his Bachelor of Arts in "humanities and engineering" from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he studied with the American positivist, Ernest Nagel. His doctoral dissertation concerned the philosophy of biology. He taught philosophy at CUNY's Hunter College from 1972 to 1979.
Binswanger was a friend of Ayn Rand, and his subsequent philosophical work has been done in the Objectivist tradition. He edited the second edition of Rand's book, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, and frequently contributes to Objectivist publications. He also compiled The Ayn Rand Lexicon, a topical reference work on Rand's views. His own book, The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts, was published in 1990. Since then, he has given several lecture courses developing Objectivist theories in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. These include "Free Will", "Abstractions from Abstractions", "The Metaphysics of Consciousness", and "Consciousness as Identification."
Harry Binswanger is currently on the Board of Directors of the Ayn Rand Institute, and is director of its Objectivist Academic Center.
Binswanger endorsed George W. Bush (while nevertheless considering him a bad candidate) against John Kerry, in contrast to the endorsement of Kerry by another prominent advocate of Ayn Rand's philosophy, Leonard Peikoff.
External links
- The Harry Binswanger List
- Ayn Rand Institute, pages referencing Harry Binswanger
- Harry Binswanger's page and list of articles at Capitalism Magazine