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, January 18, 2013

Dennett can't admit he's wrong, I guess — even with good thoughts

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Dan Dennett/Edge magazine photo Philoso pher Dan Dennett has a very interesting interview in Edge. Key takeaway? He junks a fair amou...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Jesus and Hell — another liberal Christian fail

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The Economist has a very interesting, and generally quite good article, about Hell, its literal vs. metaphorical existence and more. That ...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Overrated and underrated philosophers?

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Massimo Pigliucci has a great post at Rationally Speaking, based on a Twitter survey by Oxford University Press, where he first talks abo...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

'Blessed rest until the resurrection' — the problem with Xn dualism, theodicy

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An old college prof, from my small Christian college, died yesterday. And, among the comments at a Facebook page for alumni was one asking...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

Why Peter Singer and the Buddha are wrong about universal love

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In an installment of "The Stone," one of the ongoing guest column series at the New York Times, Stephen Asma explains why we can...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Joe Hoffmann again overstates case for historical Jesus

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Once again, R. Joseph Hoffmann feels the compulsion to do battle against the evil "mythicists" who reject the historicity of Jesus...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Getting God and Satan wrong, from Voltaire to Dostoyevsky

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Voltaire , the French Enlightenment's man of belles lettres, bon mots and more, once said: "If God did not exist, it would be nec...
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