An Interdisciplinary Journal devoted to the articulation and exploration of the ideals of the Enlightenment - the ideals of individual liberty and rational inquiry.
'What objectivity and the study of philosophy require is not
an "open mind", but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly
willing to examine ideas, but to examine them critically.'
~Ayn Rand
Issue 1
Contents
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1999 copyright of 'The Active Mind', editorial selection and material belongs to Jason Soon, copyright of individual articles belongs to the contributors.
Did Henry George have the more consistent premises for individual rights?
An Australian perspective on the overreaction to political correctness
How to avoid the infinite regress of justification, with reference to the philosophy of W.W. Bartley
by Charles Richardson
A critical analysis of deterrence theory and its applications to rogue states and government agencies
The principle of jurisdictional competition and its application to Australia's federal system
An exposition of the anti-dogmatic rationalism of Karl Popper and W.W. Bartley
Quotes and extracts from the works of past and contemporary free-thinkers, individualists and libertarians.
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