Balfour Dec.; determinism; ARI & I; interruption; caller: Law of Identity, epistemology/perception

5/14/25 Livestream #22 0:00 Intro 4:39 Balfour Declaration 20:44 Determinism: metaphysical or epistemological? (Denis) 32:05 Do I get sponsored or have a connection to the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI)? (Oliver) 42:47 Nietzsche and Rand (Based Shrine) 45:31 Interruption for about 25 minutes 1:10:14 Call with Arran (“Manhattan’s Head” in chat) starts: The Law of Identity (A is A) 1:33:53 Epistemology/perception 1:38:42 Imagination 1:42:13 Communism and rights 1:53:03 The law of identity and other knowledge 1:56:08 Curved space? 2:02:00 Sensory evidence 2:13:56 Descartes, axioms, and sensory validation 2:28:51 The axioms of Objectivism and the senses 2:34:10 Outro This livestream originally appeared in the “Live” section of my YouTube channel on May 14, 2025. After editing and re-uploading it, it now appears in the “Videos” section and is dated May 15, 2025. The Live Chat Replay is not preserved, but I copied and pasted the chat into a comment below the video. www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate