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
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Non-ideal, non-Platonic, ideas and bodies

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I roll over in bed And my arm touches My slightly pudgy, definitely non-Platonic stomach. My mass of human flesh ...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Overall piece length similarity can mask differences

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In case the header didn't give it away, I'm talking about classical music, and about large-scale works in particular. Given that I...
Monday, September 09, 2013

Two Lutherans, now atheists — different paths, same end

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A very nice brief biographical piece here in Salon. Author Ed Suominen (nice Finnish Lutheran name!) explains how studying science with an ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Thoughts on the Rite of Spring centennial

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Yes, this is the centennial of the piece that arguably, more than any other of the past 150 years, changed modern Western art music. With ...
Friday, August 23, 2013

A good Mahler 6 is about nonexistent, I think

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While I've got his Mahler 6, Boulez's effort here is not one of his best. And, between used CD stores and YouTube, I've sampled ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

An incredible Allegro from the Shostakovich 10th

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I don't think I've ever heard the "hair on fire" (also known as the "Damn, I'm glad Stalin is dead") Allegro...
Friday, August 02, 2013

A 100-minute Mahler Ninth?

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Boy, now I understand more of why I've never been a fan of Bernard Haitink. And, no, that's not hyperbole. Browsing YouTube shows...
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