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, December 31, 2005

To a god dying young

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I started this poem way back in college days in the mid-1980s. I fine-tuned it and added the “Calvary” stanza in 2001. TO A GOD DYING YOUN...

The church was silent

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This is an autobiographical poem. My father was a Lutheran pastor, from the main conservative Lutheran denomination, and when I was 9 or 10 ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

While enjoying late-night skies

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NIGHTTIME LIGHTS, NIGHTTIME CLOUDS Nighttime city clouds Puffy altocumulus Reflect city lights. I stand in wonder At man-made surreal color ...
Monday, December 12, 2005

Written while pondering online ...

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WEBCAM SOLILIQUIES TO A QUANTUM MACROWORLD The people on camera move, and stop, and move again Or, when in close-in range on their lenses, A...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

The problem of evil bites monotheism with a vengeance

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It’s far worse than the basic omnipotence vs. omnibenevolence dichotomy would have it seem. The bare-bones, cut-to-the-chase definition of t...
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...
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