We discuss the main reasons for her rejectionby most professional philosophers in the first section.
This bit of the quote clearly implies that philosophers in the academia don’t consider Rand a philosopher themselves.
The fact that Rand is discussed among some philosophers doesn’t necessarily make Rand a philosopher- you can discuss Kant’s ideas in psychology courses, but Kant himself isn’t a psychologist (namely, he even thought of psychology as a pseudoscience).
Just another Zaphius moment, last month it was implying black people are only poor because they’re lazy, this month it’s implying people are less interlectual because of their profession.
I never implied that?
But I wouldn’t be surprised if you were to find a positive correlation between being a farmer and not giving a sh1t about contemporary philosophy. Perhaps you can prove me wrong with a source that claims otherwise?
Rejection by ‘professional philosophers’ (academia in the West is increasingly co-opted by left-wing demagogues, so I wonder why they reject her views…) doesn’t make her any less a philosopher. Your link doesn’t refute that she is one. What’s your meme, here?
The link presents all positions, as an encyclopedia is meant to do. It states that the majority of people who work in the field don’t acknowledge her as a philosopher (this has to do with her style, her political affiliation isn’t relevant). You can draw your conclusions from that.
Why I like this conversation? Because to me, that proves that even when faced with evidence, you’ll go in full denial.