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
Sunday, February 25, 2007

The Titanic, yes; Jesus’ tomb, I don’t think so

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James Cameron of Titanic discovery fame claims he has found the tomb of Jesus as well as a son, Judah. He claims he has verified the discov...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

Reason No. 972 astrology is nutbar: What the hell is a “stealth Leo”?

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Helen Mirren talks about being an astrological Leo, then about her latest director, Stephen Frears, being a stealth Leo. Is that like being...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Karma: The greatest religious evil ever perpetuated?

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Maybe it is. (In saying this, I’m referring to the traditional Hindu-Buddhist metaphysical doctrine, not the metaphorical “what goes around,...
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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Martin Luther: Lutherans can’t explain away his remaining trapped in fear

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Ten years or so after his “Damascus road” flash of insight into being saved by grace alone, depending on your start date for counting, Marti...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Magical thinking? I’d say “delusional”

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This New York Times article builds in large part on the work of people like Pascal Boyer and Scott Atran. But, as Hume pointed out, “is” ...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007

Riffing on famous thoughts of world religions

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As anybody with knowledge of world religions knows, the creed and call to faith of Islam is: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammed is his...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

DIFFERENT LEAVES, DIFFERENT ROOTS

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“Bloom where you are planted.” Facetious advice, at a deep level; It presumes a Planter with a Plan. I see neither. Rather, like Camus’ Mers...
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