The DIM Hypothesis
Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out
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Publisher Description
With his groundbreaking and controversial DIM hypothesis, Dr. Leonard Peikoff casts a penetrating new light on the process of human thought, and thereby on Western culture and history.
In this far-reaching study, Peikoff identifies the three methods people use to integrate concrete data into a whole, as when connecting diverse experiments by a scientific theory, or separate laws into a Constitution, or single events into a story. The first method, in which data is integrated through rational means, he calls Integration. The second, which employs non-rational means, he calls Misintegration. The third is Disintegration—which is nihilism, the desire to tear things apart.
In The DIM Hypothesis Peikoff demonstrates the power of these three methods in shaping the West, by using the categories to examine the culturally representative fields of literature, physics, education, and politics. His analysis illustrates how the historical trends in each field have been dominated by one of these three categories, not only today but during the whole progression of Western culture from its beginning in Ancient Greece.
Extrapolating from the historical pattern he identifies, Peikoff concludes by explaining why the lights of the West are going out—and predicts the most likely future for the United States.
Customer Reviews
The DIM Hypothesis
A well reasoned and carefully written analysis of the trajectory and future of America. To those cherish the ideas on which the country was founded, and wish to secure freedom and prosperity for your children, I highly recommend this book. Many believe we are heading in the wrong direction. Dr. Peikoff lays bare what the likely destination is, and it is terrifying.
A must-read.
This book is awesome, and important. Another must-read by Dr. Peikoff is: "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand."
-Todd Lerner
Vapid and Shallow
Piekoff loves his word games. Maybe he should have called this one "My Kingdom For a Logical Argument!", and Objectivism could be called "Elaborate Verbalisms Without Evidence."