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68-640: Edward Malcolm Snider (January 6, 1933 – April 11, 2016) was an American business executive. He was the chairman of Comcast Spectacor , a Philadelphia -based sports and entertainment company that owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ; the Wells Fargo Center ; the regional sports network Comcast SportsNet ; and Global Spectrum , an international facilities management company. He formerly owned

136-571: A seat or office of authority since the middle of the 17th century; its earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary dates to 1658–1659, four years after the first citation for chairman . Feminist critiques have analysed Chairman as an example of sexist language, associating the male gender with the exercise of authority, this has led to the widespread use of the generic "Chairperson". In World Schools Style debating , as of 2009, chairperson or chair refers to

204-560: A "tired moron" and an "opportunist", respectively. In a 2010 podcast, Peikoff explained why he supports immigration restrictions in the current context of the welfare state , and why he does not see this as a contradiction to Objectivism's general rejection of immigration restrictions. In another 2010 podcast, Peikoff explained that he does not support the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City , arguing that property rights are always contextual and that preventing

272-536: A 66% stake of all of his businesses, including Spectacor, to Philadelphia-based Comcast , creating Comcast-Spectacor. However, Snider remained chairman of the venture, retaining a minority interest. As part of the deal, Comcast also purchased the 76ers, who had been Snider's tenants since 1971. Snider and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts became very close friends and business partners, remaining each other's closest advisor until Snider's death. Soon after, Comcast-Spectacor created Comcast SportsNet in 1996. Comcast-Spectacor

340-576: A charitable family foundation, which continues to operate after his death. The foundation donates millions of dollars annually to causes he believed in, including Jewish causes, conservative political organizations, and educational programs. In 1988, Snider was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In 1989, Snider was inducted into the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame alongside Keith Allen and Bill Barber . In 1997, Snider

408-410: A child too young to consent should be a crime and is evil. He also continues Rand's opposition to libertarianism, remaining sharply opposed to any description of Objectivist political philosophy as "libertarian" and to any collaboration with most libertarian groups. He has been critical of American foreign policy, considering both neoconservative and libertarian views self-sacrificial. He objects to

476-537: A million dollars in damages unless Peikoff turned over the pages. After consulting his lawyer, Peikoff released the pages to a representative of the Library of Congress. In his book The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics (which he co-wrote with physicist David Harriman), Peikoff argues that there is no problem of induction , because philosophy is itself an inductive science and, therefore, that any attempt to deny

544-543: A patch in his memory on the right shoulder, a black circle with "EMS" in white, for their Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Washington Capitals. For the following season, they wore a patch on the same shoulder, this one having Snider's signature in a black circle, with a line and the Flyers logo under the signature. In 2017, the Philadelphia Flyers unveiled a statue of Snider below his old office outside

612-416: A philosopher then affiliated with Peikoff and ARI, published his essay "A Question of Sanction", arguing for greater open-mindedness in working with other groups. Kelley sees Objectivism as an "open system" that can evolve beyond Rand's own writings and beliefs. Peikoff presented his objections to Kelley in an article called "Fact and Value," arguing that Kelley's case itself contradicted Rand's understanding of

680-687: A regional premium cable channel, PRISM , and the first all-sports radio station, WIP . Amidst a lengthy battle with 76ers owner Harold Katz, the city of Philadelphia, and the city of Camden, New Jersey, Snider privately-financed a new arena to keep the Flyers and 76ers in Philadelphia, what would become the CoreStates Center (now the Wells Fargo Center). Prior to the Wells Fargo Center's opening in 1996, he sold

748-471: A statement that she would bequeath her manuscripts to the Library of Congress . She later had reservations, and the bequest was not part of Rand's will. However, after her death, the Library of Congress requested the manuscripts. In July 1991, Peikoff had an assistant deliver the manuscripts of Rand's novels, except for the first and last pages of The Fountainhead , which he had framed. In their stead, he had

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816-462: Is criminal hypocrisy. To send him there in order to preserve his father's rights is absurdity, since there are no parental or other rights in Cuba. To send him there because 'He needs a father, no matter what' is a mindless bromide. Does he need a father who has no choice but to watch his son being broken in mind and starved in body?" Peikoff claims that Palestinian people prior to the establishment of

884-441: Is higher ranking or has more seniority than an executive vice-president (EVP). Leonard Peikoff Leonard Sylvan Peikoff ( / ˈ p iː k ɒ f / ; born October 15, 1933) is a Canadian American philosopher . He is an Objectivist and was a close associate of Ayn Rand , who designated him heir to her estate. He is a former professor of philosophy and host of a nationally syndicated radio talk show . He co-founded

952-576: Is sometimes called the American model. Having a non-executive chair is common in the UK and Canada; this is sometimes called the British model. Expert opinion is rather evenly divided over which is the preferable model. There is a growing push by public market investors for companies with an executive chair to have a lead independent director to provide some element of an independent perspective. The role of

1020-579: The 2008 United States presidential election , Peikoff said, "I wouldn't dream of voting", saying that the Republicans should be "wiped out" or "severely punished" for their association with the religious right. Furthermore, he characterized Barack Obama as " anti-American " and a "lying phoney" with troubling connections to both Islam and Reverend Jeremiah Wright . He labelled Obama's running mate Joe Biden an "enjoyably hilarious windbag", and their Republican opponents John McCain and Sarah Palin as

1088-472: The Academy Award -nominated documentary by Michael Paxton . Peikoff views Objectivism as a "closed system" that consists solely of the philosophical principles Rand herself had articulated, and he considers disagreement with any of these principles a departure from Objectivism. The Ayn Rand Institute promotes Peikoff's view of Objectivism The closed vs. open issue came to the fore when David Kelley,

1156-752: The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) in 1985 and is the author of several books on philosophy. Leonard Peikoff was born on October 15, 1933 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada, to Samuel Peikoff, MD , a surgeon, and his wife Bessie, a band leader. He attended the University of Manitoba from 1950 to 1953 as a pre-med student. However, following his early discussions with Rand, he transferred to New York University to study philosophy, where he received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in philosophy in 1954, 1957, and 1964, respectively. His doctoral dissertation adviser

1224-544: The Gulf War , anti-abortion and anti-obscenity views, and alleged failure to defend Salman Rushdie 's freedom of speech during The Satanic Verses controversy . In 2004, Peikoff endorsed John Kerry (despite thinking of Kerry as a "disgustingly bad" candidate) against George W. Bush (whom he called "apocalyptically bad"), on the basis of Bush's religiosity and his refusal to crush Islamic regimes, especially Iran, along with his "doomed" economic policies. In advance of

1292-799: The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association , and ran the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League for a few years in the 1960s. Snider was born to a Jewish family in the Washington, D.C. region, the son of a grocery-store chain owner. He attended the University of Maryland and earned his bachelor's degree in accounting. Snider started a record company, Edge Ltd., with his friend Jerry Lilienfield in

1360-951: The State of Israel consisted solely of "nomadic tribes meandering across the terrain," and that "the Arabs" today have no concept of property rights; indeed, that their "primitivist" antagonism to such rights is the root cause of Arab terrorism. He argues that Israel is a moral beacon which should not return any territory to Arabs or even negotiate with them. Peikoff considers the nationalization of Middle Eastern oil properties developed by Western corporations—beginning with Iran in 1951—to be in violation of international law and refers to such efforts as "confiscation" and supports covert actions to reverse such efforts. He advocates bringing an end to what he claims are "terrorist states" and has routinely lobbied for regime change in Iran "as quickly as possible and with

1428-399: The Wells Fargo Center . Bass, Alan (2022). "Ed Snider: The Last Sports Mogul" . Triumph Books. Chairman (official) In some organizations, the chair is also known as president (or other title). In others, where a board appoints a president (or other title), the two terms are used for distinct positions. The term chairman may be used in a neutral manner, not directly implying

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1496-471: The 1960s motivated Rand to complete an extended monograph on concept-formation, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology . Rand included Peikoff's essay on the " analytic–synthetic dichotomy " when it was published in book form in 1979. Peikoff was also an active participant in Rand's 1969–71 workshops on the monograph, as well as subsequent, smaller philosophy workshops at Rand's apartment. Peikoff later used

1564-466: The 1960s, which was moderately successful. They eventually shut down the company, giving Snider the opportunity to join Jerry Wolman (builder) and Snider's brother-in-law Earl Foreman (attorney) as they purchased the Philadelphia Eagles in 1964. Snider was given an option to purchase a 7% stake in the team and eventually served as vice president and treasurer, running the day-to-day operations of

1632-412: The 2006 elections, Peikoff recommended voting only for Democrats , to forestall what he sees is a rise in influence of the religious right , adding: Given the choice between a rotten, enfeebled, despairing killer [Democrats], and a rotten, ever stronger, and ambitious killer [Republicans], it is immoral to vote for the latter, and equally immoral to refrain from voting at all because "both are bad." Of

1700-520: The CEO; unlike an executive chair, a non-executive chair does not interfere in day-to-day company matters. Across the world, many companies have separated the roles of chair and CEO, saying that this move improves corporate governance. The non-executive chair's duties are typically limited to matters directly related to the board, such as: Many companies in the US have an executive chair; this method of organization

1768-673: The Eagles. Upon learning that the NHL was planning to expand, Snider and Wolman made plans for a new arena—the Spectrum —to house both a hockey team and the 76ers. On February 8, 1966, the NHL awarded Philadelphia a conditional franchise, one which would eventually be named the Philadelphia Flyers and start playing in 1967 . In the summer of 1967, Snider and Wolman ended their business partnership and exchanged some of their business assets. Snider became

1836-545: The Ed Snider Lifetime Distinguished Humanitarian Award, with Ed Snider as the first recipient of the newly named award. Snider has six children. He had 15 grandchildren at the time of his death. Jay Snider served as president of the Philadelphia Flyers from 1983 to 1994, and president of Spectacor, Inc. from 1987 to 94. Most of his children worked for Spectacor or Comcast-Spectacor at some point during their lives. Snider

1904-670: The Nathaniel Branden Lectures, later renamed the Nathaniel Branden Institute (NBI), to promote Objectivism through lectures and educational seminars around the United States. Peikoff was among NBI's first lecturers, teaching a course on the history of philosophy. By the early 1960s, NBI had representatives in multiple cities who replayed taped versions of the lectures to local audiences. Discussions with Peikoff and Allan Gotthelf in

1972-734: The Presidium of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ". In Communist China, Mao Zedong was commonly called "Chairman Mao", as he was officially Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission . In addition to the administrative or executive duties in organizations, the chair presides over meetings. Such duties at meetings include: While presiding,

2040-577: The best exposition of her philosophy, the only one she knew to be accurate. Peikoff's first book, The Ominous Parallels , was both an Objectivist explanation of the rise of the Third Reich and The Holocaust , and a warning that America was being led down the road to totalitarianism because of far-reaching philosophical and cultural parallels between the Weimar Republic and the present-day United States. In her introduction, Rand said it

2108-481: The chair has the power to discipline them. There are three common types of chair in public corporations. The chief executive officer (CEO) may also hold the title of chair, in which case the board frequently names an independent member of the board as a lead director. This position is equivalent to the position of président-directeur général in France. Executive chair is an office separate from that of CEO, where

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2176-415: The chair in a private equity-backed board differs from the role in non-profit or publicly listed organizations in several ways, including the pay, role and what makes an effective private-equity chair. Companies with both an executive chair and a CEO include Ford , HSBC , Alphabet Inc. , and HP . A vice- or deputy chair, subordinate to the chair, is sometimes chosen to assist and to serve as chair in

2244-412: The chair should remain impartial and not interrupt a speaker if the speaker has the floor and is following the rules of the group. In committees or small boards, the chair votes along with the other members; in assemblies or larger boards, the chair should vote only when it can affect the result. At a meeting, the chair only has one vote (i.e. the chair cannot vote twice and cannot override the decision of

2312-440: The chairman was the master of ceremonies who announced the performances and was responsible for controlling any rowdy elements in the audience. The role was popularised on British TV in the 1960s and 1970s by Leonard Sachs , the chairman on the variety show The Good Old Days . "Chairman" as a quasi-title gained particular resonance when socialist states from 1917 onward shunned more traditional leadership labels and stressed

2380-599: The collective control of Soviets (councils or committees) by beginning to refer to executive figureheads as "Chairman of the X Committee". Lenin , for example, officially functioned as the head of Soviet Russian government not as prime minister or as president but as "Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars ". At the same time, the head of the state was first called "Chairman of the Central Executive Committee " (until 1938) and then "Chairman of

2448-614: The construction is a wartime necessity. Similarly, he supported the French ban on the burqa . In September 2012, Peikoff endorsed Mitt Romney for the Presidency, citing President Obama's alleged nihilism , taxation , economic and energy policies , Obamacare , and his use of executive orders . However, Peikoff was not enthusiastic in his endorsement of Romney, calling him an "appeasing, directionless" candidate with "no political convictions" who would be useful for buying time. For

2516-619: The fewest U.S. casualties, regardless of the countless innocents caught in the line of fire," not ruling out the use of nuclear weapons, arguing that moral responsibility for innocent deaths would lie with their governments rather than the United States. In April 1992, Peikoff endorsed "any Democrat nominated by his party for the Presidency ", citing President George H. W. Bush 's "truly disgraceful" record, specifically tax hikes , support for new employee protections, his foreign trade policy, foreign aid to Russia, alleged hostility to Israel,

2584-602: The fiction not published in her lifetime; he has also written forewords for all the current printings of her fiction. For several years, he continued Rand's tradition of lecturing annually at Boston 's Ford Hall Forum , and his other lecture appearances have included an address to the cadets at West Point and another while cruising the Greek islands . In 1985, Peikoff founded the Ayn Rand Institute . Peikoff revised his 1976 lecture course on Rand's ideas into book form as Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , published in 1991,

2652-656: The first comprehensive presentation of Objectivism. In the mid-1990s, Peikoff taught courses at the Ayn Rand Institute's Objectivist Graduate Center (which was renamed the Objectivist Academic Center in 2000), along with Harry Binswanger and Peter Schwartz . From 1995 through 1999, Peikoff hosted a nationally syndicated talk-radio show focusing on philosophy and culture. From February 2006 to June 2007, Peikoff posted an online Q&A featuring questions that had been e-mailed to him. This

2720-402: The gender of the holder. In meetings or conferences, to "chair" something (chairing) means to lead the event. Terms for the office and its holder include chair , chairperson , chairman , chairwoman , convenor , facilitator , moderator , president , and presiding officer . The chair of a parliamentary chamber is sometimes called the speaker . Chair has been used to refer to

2788-419: The group management board in 2006, HSBC's chair essentially held the duties of a chief executive at an equivalent institution, while HSBC's chief executive served as the deputy. After the 2006 reorganization, the management cadre ran the business, while the chair oversaw the controls of the business through compliance and audit and the direction of the business. Non-executive chair is also a separate post from

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2856-433: The group unless the organization has specifically given the chair such authority). The powers of the chair vary widely across organizations. In some organizations they have the authority to hire staff and make financial decisions. In others they only make recommendations to a board of directors , or may have no executive powers, in which case they are mainly a spokesperson for the organization. The power given depends upon

2924-421: The initiation of force and fraud . He opposes taxation , public education , welfare , and business regulations. He also opposes laws regulating pornography , euthanasia , or stem cell research . He is a supporter of abortion rights but criticizes defenders of abortion who label themselves " pro-choice ", arguing that the term ignores the deeper philosophical issues involved. He believes that circumcision of

2992-595: The latter's absence, or when a motion involving the chair is being discussed. In the absence of the chair and vice-chair, groups sometimes elect a chair pro tempore to fill the role for a single meeting. In some organizations that have both titles, deputy chair ranks higher than vice-chair, as there are often multiple vice-chairs but only a single deputy chair. This type of deputy chair title on its own usually has only an advisory role and not an operational one (such as Ted Turner at Time Warner). An unrelated definition of vice- and deputy chairs describes an executive who

3060-649: The majority owner of the Flyers and Wolman became sole owner of the Spectrum. When Wolman placed the Spectrum in bankruptcy in 1971, Snider and Foreman took over the building, eventually paying off every creditor in full. In 1974 Snider created Spectacor as a holding company for the executives that ran the Flyers and the Spectrum. The Flyers became the first NHL expansion team to win the Stanley Cup in 1974, and to repeat as champions in 1975. Snider would found or acquire several businesses during his career, most notably

3128-475: The only rational claims that can be believed based on the available evidence. They conclude that the same process of induction is essential to every rational field (except mathematics ) and that, as a result, truth in any such field possesses the same objectivity as that of physics . Peikoff supports laissez-faire capitalism , arguing that the role of government in society should be limited to night-watchman state conceptions of protecting individuals from

3196-742: The organization until his death in 2016. In 2005, Snider created the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation to provide a means to reach inner-city children in the Philadelphia area and provide them with the opportunity to learn to play hockey. In 2014, Snider donated $ 5 million to the University of Maryland to create the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets, a part of the Robert H. Smith School of Business that educates students about capitalism, markets, and enterprise. Snider also created The Snider Foundation,

3264-630: The pages photocopied so that the manuscripts would be "complete". On August 16, 1998, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Peikoff, including a joke he made about "stealing" the pages from the Library of Congress. The library demanded that he deliver the pages to them, deeming them to be U. S. government property. A complaint from the United States Department of Justice followed in October 2000, claiming over

3332-413: The person presiding is said to be "in the chair" and is also referred to as "the chair". Parliamentary procedure requires that members address the "chair" as "Mr. (or Madam) Chairman (or Chair or Chairperson)" rather than using a name – one of many customs intended to maintain the presiding officer's impartiality and to ensure an objective and impersonal approach. In the British music hall tradition,

3400-585: The person who controls the debate; it recommends using Madame Chair or Mr. Chairman to address the chair. The FranklinCovey Style Guide for Business and Technical Communication and the American Psychological Association style guide advocate using chair or chairperson . The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style (2000) suggested that the gender-neutral forms were gaining ground; it advocated chair for both men and women. The Daily Telegraph 's style guide bans

3468-555: The philosopher Leonard Peikoff to promote Rand's philosophy of Objectivism . In 1990, after a dispute between ARI and philosopher David Kelley , Snider became a backer of Kelley's rival organization, the Institute for Objectivist Studies (now known as The Atlas Society ). In 2003, Snider became a founding board member of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (now named Beyond Celiac.) He continued to support

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3536-623: The profound importance of philosophy. When Rand moved to New York City in 1951, Peikoff decided to study philosophy at New York University . While studying at NYU, he frequently discussed philosophy privately with Rand in depth across a range of issues. Peikoff, along with Nathaniel Branden , Alan Greenspan , Barbara Branden, and a number of other close associates, who jokingly called themselves " The Collective ", met frequently with Rand to discuss philosophy and politics, as well as to read and discuss Rand's then-forthcoming novel, Atlas Shrugged , in her Manhattan apartment. In 1958, Branden founded

3604-531: The relationship between cognition and evaluation, facts, and moral values. Peikoff concluded that Kelley was not a genuine Objectivist and urged anyone agreeing with Kelley to leave the Objectivist movement. Ultimately, Kelley responded by founding the Institute for Objectivist Studies in 1990, which later changed its name to The Objectivist Center and finally The Atlas Society . Peikoff inherited many of Rand's manuscripts . During her lifetime, Rand had made

3672-517: The terms "isolationist" or "interventionist" to describe his foreign policy views, stating that the only "intervention" the United States should enact is war and "only and when it is in self-defense." Peikoff campaigned for Elián González ' to remain in Florida, rather than returning to his father in Cuba , stating, "To send a child to rot in the prison of Cuba for the alleged sake of his own well-being

3740-564: The three approaches to cognitive integration—disintegration, integration, and misintegration—and applies the hypothesis to physics , philosophy , education , politics , and other fields. His articles have appeared in publications as diverse as Barron's and The New Scholasticism , and his television appearances have ranged from Bill Maher 's Politically Incorrect and Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor to C-SPAN panel discussions. He also appears in Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life ,

3808-414: The titleholder wields influence over company operations, such as Larry Ellison of Oracle , Douglas Flint of HSBC and Steve Case of AOL Time Warner . In particular, the group chair of HSBC is considered the top position of that institution, outranking the chief executive, and is responsible for leading the board and representing the company in meetings with government figures. Before the creation of

3876-737: The transcripts of these workshops to create an expanded edition of Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology , which he co-edited with Harry Binswanger. Following the dissolution of NBI in 1968, Peikoff continued to give private lecture courses on a variety of topics to large Objectivist audiences, and recordings of these have been sold for many years. His lecture courses include: The History of Philosophy (in two "volumes" of lectures), An Introduction to Logic , The Art of Thinking , Induction in Physics and Philosophy , Moral Virtue , A Philosophy of Education , Understanding Objectivism , The Principles of Objective Communication , and Eight Great Plays . Rand endorsed his 1976 lecture series on Objectivism as

3944-748: The treatise, What Art Is: the Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand by Louis Torres and Michelle Marder Kahmi, despite these authors' other differences with him. Peikoff's 1983 lecture course Understanding Objectivism was edited into a book of the same title by Michael Berliner, editor of the Letters of Ayn Rand , and Peikoff's theory of logical induction , first presented in the lecture courses Induction in Physics and Philosophy and Objectivism Through Induction , has been developed further by David Harriman in his book, The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics . In his 2012 book The DIM Hypothesis, Peikoff defines

4012-435: The type of organization, its structure, and the rules it has created for itself. If the chair exceeds their authority, engages in misconduct, or fails to perform their duties, they may face disciplinary procedures. Such procedures may include censure , suspension, or removal from office . The rules of the organization would provide details on who can perform these disciplinary procedures. Usually, whoever appointed or elected

4080-411: The use of chair and chairperson ; the newspaper's position, as of 2018, is that "chairman is correct English". The National Association of Parliamentarians adopted a resolution in 1975 discouraging the use of chairperson and rescinded it in 2017. The word chair can refer to the place from which the holder of the office presides, whether on a chair, at a lectern, or elsewhere. During meetings,

4148-532: The validity of induction contradicts itself by implicitly accepting the validity of induction. Peikoff and Harriman also argue that scientific claims verified by induction should be considered true until new evidence warrants modifying or amending them because scientific knowledge derived from induction is contextual. In other words, those who on the basis of conclusive evidence make inductive scientific claims regarding science cannot argue that their claims are subject to no possible modification but can argue that they are

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4216-640: Was a brother of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. In 2014, Snider was treated for bladder cancer . Although he announced in September 2014 that he was "cancer free", the cancer subsequently returned in 2015. After a months-long battle, Snider died on April 11, 2016, at his home in Montecito, California and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The Flyers wore

4284-519: Was also granted an expansion franchise in the AHL , the Philadelphia Phantoms . In a 1999 Philadelphia Daily News poll, Snider was selected as the city's greatest sports mover and shaker, beating out legends such as Connie Mack , Sonny Hill , Bert Bell , and Roger Penske . In 1985, Snider was one of the founding contributors of the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), which was established by

4352-898: Was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 1999, Snider was named Philadelphia's "Greatest Mover and Shaker of the Millennium" by the Philadelphia Daily News . In 2005, Snider was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame . In 2011, Snider was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame . In 2012, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association renamed its Humanitarian Award as

4420-613: Was married four times. His first marriage was to Myrna Gordon. They had four children and divorced in 1981. In 1983, he married model Martha McGeary with whom he had two children. They later divorced. In 2004, he married Belgian Christine Decroix (born 1957), a former singer for the Belgian girl-pop group the Lovelettes in the 1970s; they divorced in 2009. He married his fourth wife, Lin Spivak (born 1968), on February 14, 2013. Snider

4488-490: Was replaced with a podcast that debuted on October 22, 2007, and continued until October 31, 2016. Peikoff's lectures or books have been used extensively in the works of Allan Gotthelf , Harry Binswanger , Andrew Bernstein , and Tara Smith , writers who are associated with the Ayn Rand Institute, and also in works such as David Kelley 's The Evidence of the Senses , George H. Smith 's Atheism: The Case Against God , and

4556-429: Was the first book by an Objectivist philosopher other than herself. Rand named Peikoff the legal heir to her estate. As the executor of Rand's will, Peikoff handles the copyrights to all of her works, with the exception of Anthem , which has passed into the public domain . He has supervised the editing and release of Rand's unpublished works in several volumes, which includes her letters, philosophical journals, and

4624-546: Was the noted American pragmatist philosopher Sidney Hook , and his dissertation dealt with the metaphysical status of the law of noncontradiction . He taught philosophy for many years at various colleges. Ayn Rand Institute Other Peikoff first met Ayn Rand through his cousin Barbara Branden (then Barbara Weidman) in California when he was 17. He reports that this meeting with Rand made him aware of

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