The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy

Peikoff, Leonard

Published by The Objectivist, Inc., New York, NY, 1967

About this Item

Offered is a first printing (in pamphlet form) of "The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy" by Leonard Peikoff published in 1967 by The Objectivist, Inc. out of New York City. A left-stapled pamphlet measuring 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" and containing 28 pages including front and rear covers. First appearing in the May, June, July, August and September 1967 issues of The Objectivist, Mr. Peikoff begins his essay with: "Some years ago, I was defending capitalism in a discussion with a prominent professor of philosophy. In answer to his charge that capitalism leads to coercive monopolies, I explained that such monopolies are caused by government intervention in the economy and are logically impossible under capitalism. The professor was singularly unmoved by my argument, replying, with a show of surprise and disdain: 'Logically impossible? Of course - granted your definitions. You're merely saying that, no matter what proportion of the market it controls, you won't call a business a 'coercive monopoly' if it occurs in a system you call 'capitalism.' Your view is true by arbitrary fiat, it's a matter of semantics, it's logically true but not factually true. Leave logic aside now; be serious and consider the actual empirical facts on this matter.' To the philosophically uninitiated, this response will be baffling. Yet they meet its equivalents everywhere today. The tenants underlying it permeate our intellectual atmosphere like the germs of an epistemological black plague waiting to infect and cut down any idea that claims the support of conclusive logical argumentation, a plague that spreads subjectivism and conceptual devastation in its wake." In Fine condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy
• Publisher: The Objectivist, Inc., New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1967
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New