The DIM Hypothesis

[blackhorse]

I am looking forward to this book. Will it further add to understanding Objectivism?

[syrakusos]

Thanks for the suggestion! I had no idea...

One type of mindset works to integrate data by rational means (which Peikoff calls “Integration,” or for short “I”). Another seeks to integrate by non-rational means (“Misintegration,” or “M”). A third opposes integration of any kind (“Disintegration,” or “D”). Thus the acronym DIM. (One example of I is science; of M, religion; of D, non objective art.)

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In Parts III and IV, which deal with history and prediction, the book uses the DIM approach to analyze the progression of Western cultures from Greece, Rome, and the medievals to the present. By surveying the status of the four fields in each culture, Peikoff is able to identify each society’s ruling method of integration; he can thus discover the logic of these societies’ succession across the centuries. Extrapolating from the historical pattern he has identified, Peikoff concludes by predicting, as he sees it, the most likely future in the twenty-first century of the United States.

http://www.peikoff.c...dim-hypothesis/

If you use your browser for DIM Hypothesis, you can find a couple of YouTube videos and several reviews including this one here on OL:

http://www.objectivistliving.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1888

[Brant Gaede]

So, Objectivism has gone from affecting the future to predicting it.

--Brant

[9thdoctor]

It comes out Tuesday. Latter day Spenglerians await it with baited breath.

http://www.amazon.com/The-DIM-Hypothesis-Lights-Going/dp/0451234812/ref=pd_sim_b_1