My name is Ellis, 23, and currently studying philosophy and physics at SRU. Got into philosophy around 5 years ago when I took an ethics class, and I've been hooked ever since. Also exposed to Rand at that time (my professor had the class read "The Virtue of Selfishness"). Philosophically, I started off as a strange brew between Kant and Locke; but as time passed, I rejected most of Kant, supplanting it with process metaphysics and object oriented ontology coupled with elements from Rand's epistemology and speculative realism. So, yeah, that's where I am at right now. I joined SOLO (ding_an_sich is my name) about two years ago; haven't really gained much from it aside from arguing with Leonid, and even then that proves to oftentimes be a fruitless endeavour. Looking forward to learning a few things and chatting with some new people. Some links on aforementioned philosophical positions (should you be unfamiliar with them): Process Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/process-philosophy/ Object Oriented Ontology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_ontology Speculative Realism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_realism SOLO profile (should you care) http://www.solopassion.com/user/2429