contents summary and sources origins of the name objectivist principles metaphysics objective reality epistemology reason ethics rational self interest politics individual rights and capitalism aesthetics romantic realism scholarly response and influence criticism critiques of ayn rand's philosophical system critiques of ayn rand on the history of philosophy critiques of rand's interpretation of david hume critiques of rand's interpretation of immanuel kant influence in philosophy monographs status in the discipline in other disciplines economics notes external links the repitition of critique is redundant and reflects poor editing i'll start small by allowing the user to derive that the sub topics under criticism will be well criticism both scholary and response are also redundant this is an encyclopedia what kinds of criticism does one expect to find under the criticism section other than scholary criticism as well response adds no value to the user as being influenced or offering critique can only be a response however i'll wait before promoting criticism and influence up a level