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 26, 2012

He died at fifty

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HE DIED AT FIFTY That’s what a memorial said aboard the old-time train. No cause of death listed. Just that he died at fifty. ...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

4 strands of biology, sociology, economics, philosophy connect

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The four strands? Competitiveness in general, capitalism, Pop Evolutionary Psychology and social Darwinism. Regular readers know that I...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Consciousness is not the same as attentiveness

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It's long been established that we have what could be called "subconscious attentiveness," which can cause things such as cer...
Friday, February 17, 2012

'The Swerve' swerves into the ditch

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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is OK overall, no more, and IS deservin...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Identical twins aren't so identical, not even their brains

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That's been known to be true for some time. Depending on when the single fertilized egg divided, identical twins can have separarate a...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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I think Chris Mooney has had some good research on statistical information about psychological differences, on average, between liberal an...

Opinions, passive-aggressiveness and more

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First, passive-aggressiveness isn't necessarily a bad thing. Often, it's the personal relationship psychology equivalent of asymmet...
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