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
Friday, August 20, 2010

The Donner Party, struggle and motivation

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California was a land of lore and lure even before John Marshall found gold traces in 1848. Farming, ranching, mild climate and vast unclai...

Dear U.S. Muslims: welcome to the world of atheism

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While the numbers from Time's poll on what Muslims should and should not do/serve/run for in politics are sad, they're still higher...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Relgious urban legend: 'Luck' does NOT come from 'Lucifer'

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Ahh, a religion column freelancer out in Red State world fundy/conservative evangelical land. Ma'am, the word "luck" has nothi...

Do you have free will? Is that even a discussable issue?

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Are our selves free willers, or determined selves? Galen Strawson discusses both sides of the issue in a great "Stone" column at ...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

Relativity in philosophical, poetic portrait

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RELATIVISTIC PHILOSOPHY Einsteinian physics can seem unreal Perhaps even more when physicists who know better, Or should, Still try to pin d...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Road maps for life

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A COFFEE-STAINED ATLAS Analogies. Metaphors. Deeper meanings. My atlas is a road map in more ways than one. Torn, tattered, browned pages of...
Friday, June 11, 2010

If Steve Pinker "hearts" social media

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Can the apocalypse be far behind? To be honest, the column Pinker writes touting the benefits of the information flow explosion isn't a...
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