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
Monday, November 21, 2005

Ezra, meet Snopes

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Biblical literalists, or semi-literalists, who think the allegedly pious intent of the allegedly known authors means the material must be tr...
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Sunday, November 20, 2005

Acceptance and no Cartesian Central Meaner — who’s accepting what?

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In an earlier post, I indicated that I not only agreed with Dan Dennett on the lack of a “Cartesian Central Meaner,” but even went beyond t...
Sunday, November 13, 2005

Are you looonely tonight?

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It may not just be a song, it may be you . Twin research on 8,000 pairs of identical and fraternal twins indicates a moderate- to fair-sized...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

More about whether “happiness is really that achievable”

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Blogger Greensmile asked me for evidence of my “lot of empirical research” claim in this post that we really can’t do too much changing of...
Tuesday, November 08, 2005

GENESIS 6 RETOLD

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Mighty sons of god Knew lowly daughters of men And produced monsters. The hard earth trembled Beneath half-breed tyranny Though only in myth...

Shiva rules

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BRAVE NEW WORLD 1945 July 16, 1945. Alamogordo. Trinity Site. “I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds.” So said Oppenheimer At the mo...

Fear of death, or of life?

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FEAR OF DEATH, OR OF LIFE? The dead, nobly and ignobly alike, Sleep deep in orthogonal plots of countryside. Their selves matter not one whi...
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