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  • Posted by ewv 11 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Society" and "public" are abstractions, not physical entities. Look around and you see individual human beings, not "publics". The abstract concept of a group refers to the individuals in some relationship between them. It does not make "public" a physical entity, which is the fallacy of reification.
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  • Posted by $ sjatkins 11 years, 3 months ago
    Actually there is such an entity. There is such an entity as society too. Society that survives the life and death of any person therein and serves as a framework for supporting the freedom of its members and the preserving of wealth and knowledge across generations. It is patently not true that there are "only individuals" as some claim.
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    Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 3 months ago
    Ayn Rand's inability to recognize holistic patterns was one of her primary philosophical weaknesses. Reductionism has its place, but to totally dismiss holism is illogical.
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