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
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Dan Dennett's intuition pumps are leaking

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"Intuition Pumps" is the name of Dennett's latest book. I probably should put "latest" in scare quotes because, like...
Friday, May 03, 2013

Dan Dennett, Doug Hofstadter get a double-barreled takedown

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They've both got new books out, and one great paired set of reviews blasts both, especially Dennett. It appears "Uncle Dan"...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Judas kisses a shape-changing Jesus

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No, really! A newly-deciphered Coptic gospel-type text tells us exactly like that, and should reignite discussions about whose interpre...
Monday, March 11, 2013

This is your brain on #spirituality? Well ....

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A human brain allegedly hooked on "spirituality." Ocean/Corbis photo via Daily Mail Not totally. Perhaps not even close to tot...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

RIP Van Cliburn

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The man who put Fort Worth in particular and Texas in general on the fine arts map of the world has died at the age of 78 . Van Cliburn...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Paul of history and the Christ of faith

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Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity by James D. Tabor My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not much new here for those of us a...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

Lorin Maazel just made me throw up

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I'm listening to the start of this week's New York Philharmonic broadcast. Opening work? The Brahms First Piano Concerto. Lorin Ma...
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