In Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, Rand independently anticipated crucial aspects of Kripke's and Putnam's work on necessity and reference, including the crucial idea that a concept can include as-yet-undiscovered properties of its referents (the solution to the positivist and Kuhnian claim that reference changes every time definitions change). What more is needed to establish Rand's credentials as a serious philosopher?
by Roderick T. Long on June 5, 2005 at 9:13 PM