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
Monday, November 20, 2017

Who wrote the book of Revelation?

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Fundamentalists and conservative evangelicals in the pews — and still many in pulpits and even a fair bit in academia — stand by the idea t...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

A Luther bio not worth reading

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Having recently done, and updated, a blog post about the 500th anniversary of the legend, and the reality, at the start of the Lutheran ref...
Friday, October 20, 2017

In the year 2020, the Nones will ...

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Riffing on an old rock anthem, per Scientific American , by 2020, self-identified "Nones" in the United States of America will e...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Robert Wright writes about religion again (Buddhism), fails again

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So, Robert Wright has a new book . Like his older “Evolution of God,” it applies ev psych to religion, in this case one specific reli...
Monday, September 25, 2017

Why neither Buddhism nor Robert Wright is true

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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment by Robert Wright My rating: 1 of 5 stars Wrong from the title on Ign...
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Friday, August 04, 2017

Philosophy food fight falls flat

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A favorite modern philosopher of mine, Massimo Pigliucci, on his blog, runs a Friday links roundup.  This one , per a  link  of his about et...
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...
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