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, June 29, 2014

Plato sells his soul to Google at the Googleplex

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Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by Rebecca Goldstein My rating: 2 of 5 stars I finally went with a 2-star r...
Friday, June 06, 2014

A little DABDA will do ya — outside of death and dying

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A little DABDA A little DABDA will do ya, Or so, the grieving are told. But there’s no right way, or wrong way, ...
Friday, April 18, 2014

I'm now 'officially' a philosopher

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Or something kind of like that. Here's my take on fakery in aesthetics at philosopher Massimo Pigliucci's new long-form science...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Ray Kurzweil is not my savior

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RAY KURZWEIL IS NOT MY SAVIOR I uploaded my life to the cloud. Ray Kurzweil said I could reinvent myself As an immortal Singular...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Ethics thoughts on utilitarianism, contractualism, deontology, Kant and Rawls

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This overview of theories of ethics by Massimo Pigliucci, followed by this particular one on contractarian versions of ethics, and this sp...
Monday, February 03, 2014

Renee Fleming crushes my Super Bowl hopes

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Even more than the showdown between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, even more than the showdown between Peyton Manning and what a ...
Saturday, December 07, 2013

Authentic modern culture vs fakery

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Is there such a thing as fake culture? Roger Scruton has a very interesting essay in which he discusses these issues in depth. As somewhat ...
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