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, January 26, 2006

Is Mozart overrated?

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Well, it's officially here — it’s the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth Saturday, and all the attendant hyperbole and hoopla will get ...
Monday, January 16, 2006

Who’s hurt, and who’s diseased?

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“I’m messed up, and I might mess you up.” And where have I heard those lines before? After more than seven years, I still remember. I still ...

We can’t talk

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We can’t talk right now; She is working on issues and pains From a past relationship And says she doesn’t want to hurt me. I understand, I t...
Saturday, January 07, 2006

I didn’t know he was turning 100; that must have been good drugs indeed

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LSD inventor/discoverer Albert Hoffman, due to hit the century mark Jan. 11, reminisced about his discovery and its implications. Jokes asi...

This could explain bar pick-ups

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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that alcohol has less of an effect on rats during estrus . The research shows that alc...
Friday, January 06, 2006

Ruminations on Rousseau

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This comes after reading the generally excellent new biography: "Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius," by Leo Damrosch. I say g...
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...
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