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
Thursday, October 01, 2026

Ben the Amateur Exegete has another nothingburger roundup

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Here's the link . Contra Robyn Faith Ehrman Walsh, no, it's not "striking" that the gospels don't describe Jesus' ...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

No, Doug Bates, Pyrrhonism is NOT "Greek Buddhism"

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Sadly, Mr. Bates, who has an interesting Substack, has published a book to that end, which is one of the first posts on that Substack . As I...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

And, disagreeing with Massimo on Homo ethicus

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 Massimo seems to be coming more and more of a moral realist. He posted for free this 2024 piece on that . I disagree and here's why. I ...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

WRR First Circle: $125 a month; really?

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 I heard that on the radio a week ago, and double checked on its website , and yes. This is only further acceleration of a trend that starte...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Still disagreeing with Massimo in some ways on determinism

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 He talks about this issue more in this piece , part 1 of 2 on five "-isms." This part covers determinism, materialism and reducti...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

What if Noah's curse of Canaan is still being misinterpreted?

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 Justin Reed notes Christian churches, EVEN the Southern Baptist Convention, have rejected the idea that there is, or was, some "curse ...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

How can you write a book about time, its subjectivity, and the self without including Hume?

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 Somebody should ask Jo Marchant, because she did exactly that. In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment by Jo Marchant My rati...
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