The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly

This is a slice of my philosophical, lay scientific, musical, religious skepticism, and poetic musings. (All poems are my own.) The science and philosophy side meet in my study of cognitive philosophy; Dan Dennett was the first serious influence on me, but I've moved beyond him. The poems are somewhat related, as many are on philosophical or psychological themes. That includes existentialism and questions of selfhood, death, and more. Nature and other poems will also show up here on occasion.

The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Composition of Revelation and "A Bible Darkly"

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 The site "A Bible Darkly" is a fairly recent addition to the blogroll here.  It's got some decent stuff, per the first half o...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Jesus may or may not be for everyone, but Amy-Jill Levine is definitely not for me

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As is my wont, this is an expanded version of a Goodreads review. Jesus for Everyone: Why He Should Matter More to Everyone by Amy-Jill Lev...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Was Jesus really a "zealot"?

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I'm using the term anachronistically to refer to the idea of Jesus as revolutionary. First, the three main ideas of who Jesus might have...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Not much of a handle on Handel

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I've not had much musical conversation on here in a while, and an expanded version of a recent book review is a good way to fix that. Ev...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Alan Kirk vs David Litwa on searching for the historic Jesus

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 I have vague familiarity with Litwa, and per a not bad question about him and actually good response on this post at r/AcademicBiblical , I...
Thursday, May 01, 2025

Robyn Faith Walsh: "I'm part of the Bart Ehrman team"

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Via The Amateur Exegete , newly added to the blogroll here based on something I saw at the Nazi-mods biblical subreddit, I saw the following...
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Top blogging, first quarter of 2025

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 A couple of weeks late, but better late than never, eh? As is normal, and as with the monthly roundup on my main blog, these were the most ...
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