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, December 21, 2006

Is Buddhism a religion?

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If I can be allowed to redefine religion as a belief in metaphysical ideas, such as reincarnation or other things based on a system of ontol...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Why “the prayer of Jabez”? Why not “the vow of Jephthah”?

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I’m in the midst of reading through Richard Dawkins’ “The God Delusion,” at the point where he mentions the vow of Jephthah in the book of ...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

The reason one or two particular versions of early Christianity has some appeal to me

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But not enough realism, for the most part, to be usable Whether or not there even was a Jesus of history, one of the earliest Christianities...
Monday, November 06, 2006

A “shocking” way to think yourself smarter

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German scientists have found that stimulating the sleeping brain with light electric current boosts memory . The current was applied during ...
Saturday, November 04, 2006

November: A time for poignancy

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From my Nov. 2 newspaper column: This time of year is always poignant for me. We are full-blown into fall now, even in north Texas, let alon...
Friday, November 03, 2006

Memory experts: even the best are fallible

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Inaccuracy of memory expert Elizabeth Loftus will not be an expert witness at Scooter Libby’s trial over the Valerie Plame CIA leak. Why? I...

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