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Peikoff

Proper noun

Meaning

Peikoff

A surname.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

According to Peikoff, one can be certain of a proposition if all of the available evidence supports it, i.e., it can be logically integrated with the rest of one's knowledge; one is then certain within the context of the evidence. Source: Internet

Atlas Shrugged : (centennial Edition) by Ayn Rand; Leonard Peikoff (Paperback): Booksamillion. Source: Internet

As Objectivist philosopher Leonard Peikoff argued, Rand's argument for axioms "is not a proof that the axioms of existence, consciousness, and identity are true. Source: Internet

Dr. Peikoff makes a compelling case for a rational system of education by contrasting three approaches to philosophy and the different educational alternatives they propose to replace our present system. Source: Internet

Kelley's views have been controversial, and critics Peikoff and Peter Schwartz have argued that he contradicts important principles of Objectivism. Source: Internet

Peikoff, explaining the basis of rights, stated, "In content, as the founding fathers recognized, there is one fundamental right, which has several major derivatives. Source: Internet

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