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
Friday, July 28, 2017

Poem: SITTING SHTETL FOR THE LIVING

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SITTING SHTETL FOR THE LIVING He has six months left, If it's even that. What can I say to ease his pain? We're both secu...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Luther legend shitstorm about to hit (extensively updated)

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I blogged  nearly three years  ago about myth vs reality on Martin Luther, well in advance of the 500th anniversary of his allegedly d...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Say goodbye to History for Atheists (updated)

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I keep a fairly slim blogroll, as well as general webroll, on this and other blogs. But, blogs I link to, or even incorporate into my feed l...
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Monday, March 27, 2017

#Philosophy can't justify dumb wars, setting the issue of justice aside

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That said, the issue of just war is itself problematic, and has other "baggage," even if its separated today from its religious ro...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

"What color are these strawberries?" is ultimately a philosophical question, not scientific

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A lot of people have probably, via Facebook friends or whatever, seen the photo of strawberries at left, whose production is described  he...
Friday, March 03, 2017

St Paul puffer acts like Jesus Seminar fellows he excoriates

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Saint Saul: A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus by Donald Harman Akenson My rating: 2 of 5 stars Short on scholarship, long on coprol...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Another failed book on Jesus and his alleged Davidic dynasty family

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The Invention of Jesus: How the Church Rewrote the New Testament by Peter Cresswell My rating: 2 of 5 stars Good on textual criticism; g...
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