What It Takes to Learn a Philosophy

About this episode

Mike Mazza discusses the process of learning a philosophy during a talk at the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdy_8p75jzM Podcast audio: This talk by Mike Mazza was recorded live on July 3rd in Boston, MA as part of the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference and is available on the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast stream. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.

People in this episode

Guest: Mike Mazza

Topics covered

• philosophy
• learning
• Objectivism
• education
• conference

Keywords

• philosophy
• learning
• Objectivism
• Ayn Rand
• conference
• education
• talk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ayn Rand Institute

Books & works: Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

Places: Boston, MA

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