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
Monday, January 25, 2010

Even Obama over uses "civic religion"

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Obama can't even be totally blame-free on this . Very interesting, noting that civic religion often invokes what really is pure, dumb lu...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

The shortcomings of cognitive behavioral therapy

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A chapter in Jonah Lehrer's book, "How We Decide," along with a famous quote by David Hume, brought the title of this post to ...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

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MediaNews, one of the nation's largest newspaper companies, is also the latest to file Chapter 11 . As I e-mailed a friend, Dean Singlet...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

SSRIs no better than placebo? Not quite

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The truth is, no new study claimed that. Rather, that story last week was based on meta-analysis . Regular readers know my feelings about me...

Nature VIA nurutre

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If you haven't kept up with recent research on heredity, population genetics or anything similar, the new Time has a GREAT story on epig...
Saturday, January 09, 2010

Consciousness not in the brain? I disagree

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Dr. Ray Tallis raises some interesting points, but I think, ultimately, his psychological and philosophical objections fall short of explain...
Sunday, January 03, 2010

How's that 'prosperity gospel' working?

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Not so well at all, at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church . A little schadenfreude for Bro. Rick. If not praying harder and believing harde...
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