Object-Oriented Programming and Objectivist Epistemology: Parallels and Implications.

Reed argues that the architectures of knowledge representation in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and in Ayn Rand's Objectivist epistemology are exactly isomorphic, and were first proposed at about the same time. These similarities did not result from mutual influence, but from the need to represe...

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Published in:	Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation) Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 251 - 285
Main Author:	Reed, Adam
Format:	Article
Published:	Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation Spring2003
Subjects:	Implication (Logic) Parallels (Geometry) Knowledge representation (Information theory) Object-oriented programming Rand, Ayn, 1905-1982 Objectivism (Philosophy) Theory of knowledge Isomorphism (Mathematics) Mathematical logic
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