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, October 15, 2015

Transience

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Transience, and more specifically, meditation on it, can fit with several philosophies. It can be a part of developing Stoic imperturbabil...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Is the world ready for some neo-Cynicism?

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Update, March 13, 2015:  The original essay, at the link, was one of the semifinalists in 3 Quarks Daily's politics and social science...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Card’nal, Card’nal

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Indiana State Parks photo CARD’NAL, CARD’NAL Card’nal, Card’nal, trilling bright,  In the forests, reddened sight;  What wondro...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION

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The following poem, as should be clear from the title, riffs on a famous quotation from Yahweh in the Old Testament/Tanakh. It also referenc...
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...
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