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
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Yet more of my mu-ing against Ye Olde Free Will vs Determinism

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Cross-posted from my primary blog: I've written  two   previous  blogposts on saying "mu" to the old, tired ideas of "f...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Say "mu" to Camus on meaninglessness

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Albert Camus famously or infamously said in "The Myth of Sisyphus" ( summary  and  Wikipedia ) that there is one ultimate issu...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Bach cello suites ... "at home"

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I had yesterday heard the first suite played on viola, which I liked a lot itself. But, I can't find a recording of the entire cycle...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

Philosophy — too broadly defined today, or too narrow?

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Note: This is reblogged from my primary blog. Massimo Pigliucci has another interesting, somewhat thought-provoking, guest column at Scien...
Friday, September 05, 2014

A Mahler 6 I LIKE!

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 It is HARD to find a good Mahler Sixth; most conductors play the first movement too slow. Abramavel arguably plays the first theme lines t...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

#Buddhism is still a religion, folks

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I've written a little bit about this before here. Specifically, I've talked about its metaphysical aspects and their religious ove...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Music and a historical anniversary

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As many history buffs know, a week ago was the centennial of the infamous assassination in Sarajevo that led to World War I. It also led to ...
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