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, July 25, 2019

Can you get an "ought" from an "is"?

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The traditional answer ever since the middle of the 1700s, per David Hume on the is ≠ ought problem , is a semi-clear to clear no. But, Ma...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019

Late-life Monet in Fort Worth

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It's not your mother's Claude Monet on display at the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth. And, you've got only until mid-September...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Catholics really don't miss a dollar

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For some newspaper work recently, I needed to find a bulletin from one of the local Catholic churches. I did so, online. And was jarred ...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Is the prosperity gospel all that?

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In her book "Blessed," Kate Bowler provides a good ... but not fantasic, overview of the history of the success gospel, prosperity...
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Friday, June 21, 2019

D.S. Wilson tries to extend group selection to cultural evolution

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This looks to be a howler. Wilson , who along with non-relative E.O. Wilson, tried to turd-polish group selection in evolutionary biolo...
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Friday, June 14, 2019

What is "agency"? What is Aristotle's influence on defining it?

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These are both issues relevant to Jessica Riskin's 2016 book " The Restless Clock ," first brought to my attention by Barbara ...
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Friday, June 07, 2019

Christopher List, the new hottie on free will,
leads me to double down on "mu"

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Christopher List has a new book out defending free will from determinists. Two online friends of mine, John Horgan and Massimo Pigliucci, ...
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