David Christopher Kelley was born on June 23,1949 and is an American philosopher.
16 Facts About David Kelley
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David Kelley is a professed Objectivist, though his position that Objectivism can be revised and influenced by other schools of thought has prompted disagreements with other Objectivists.
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David Kelley received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in philosophy from Brown University, where he studied with the American rationalist, Roderick Chisholm.
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David Kelley was an assistant professor of philosophy and cognitive science at Vassar College for seven years.
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David Kelley then taught logic for a brief time at Brandeis University, while working as a freelance writer for Barron's and other publications.
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David Kelley was initially affiliated with ARI, but in 1989 he was criticized by Peter Schwartz, editor of the Objectivist newsletter The Intellectual Activist, for giving a speech under the auspices of Laissez Faire Books, a libertarian bookseller.
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David Kelley said Kelley was implicitly conferring moral approval on LFB by appearing at an event that it sponsored.
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David Kelley responded with a privately circulated essay titled "A Question of Sanction", which disputed Schwartz's interpretation of the sanction principle.
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Peikoff subsequently endorsed Schwartz's view and claimed that David Kelley's arguments contradicted the fundamental principles of Objectivism.
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David Kelley declared Objectivism to be a "closed system" containing only the philosophic principles advocated by Rand herself.
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David Kelley responded to this dispute in a monograph titled Truth and Toleration, later expanded and republished as The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand.
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David Kelley declared Objectivism to be an "open system" amenable to revision and addition.
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David Kelley reassumed the position of executive director for TAS in 2008.
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David Kelley retired in 2018, but continues to serve on the organization's board of trustees.
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David Kelley has published little scholarly work in philosophy since 1998, but has given public addresses, taught courses, and has written articles on politics and current events.
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David Kelley was a script consultant for Atlas Shrugged: Part III, the third part in a film version of Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged.