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
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The “ineffability” argument for the existence of god — the modern-world version of the “god of the gaps” — yet another logical failure

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A stout charge, indeed. How do I justify it? First, as a recent discussion board at Pharyngula has demonstrated, “ineffability” appears to b...
Friday, June 16, 2006

An open letter to Fred Bronstein: Why I didn’t renew my Dallas Symphony Orchestra season tickets

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First, I was in the audience at the particular concert in the 2004-05 season when you announced special anniversary events would be a major ...
Thursday, June 15, 2006

How often human conception fails: Thoughts on ensoulment and more

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So, what happens to that soul that supposedly is formed at conception if conception has a 50 percent failure rate? First, yes you read that...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Consciousness and its disillusionments

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Is consciousness all that it’s cracked up to be? For example, even if Dan Dennett’s explanation of consciousness in “Consciousness Explained...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

Go to the oak tree, go to the salt flat

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“Go to the ant, you sluggard,” the biblical book of Proverbs advises the lazy-minded. While not doubting that the lazy-minded exist in moder...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Why I haven't posted here recently

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This: is part of why. This is from the South Kaibab trail in Grand Canyon, a little over half a trail mile or so, and about 500 vertical fee...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

Waxing poetic, philosophical and literary on selfhood

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Note: This is the sixth part in a semi-regular series of posts about selfhood and related issues of cognitive philosophy. For more, see part...
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