How do Ayn Rand and David Hume differ philosophically?

Philosophically, David Hume believed that the phenomena of consciousness could not be justified by reference to an absolute reality of any kind. Therefore he can easily be described as a Subjectivist, whereas Ayn Rand believed that man could access reality by methodically adhering to reason. read more

Chris Matthew Sciabarra discusses Rand's ideas and theorizes about their intellectual origins in Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical (1995). Surveys such as On Ayn Rand by Allan Gotthelf (1999), Ayn Rand by Tibor R. Machan (2000), and Objectivism in One Lesson by Andrew Bernstein (2009) provide briefer introductions to Rand's ideas. read more

Ayn Rand and many scholars blame Kant for killing the Enlightenment. Kant is the founder of what I call the Germany anti-Enlightenment movement. It seems to me that David Hume may be as responsible for killing the Enlightenment or more so than Kant partly because his arguments are more understandable. read more