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 29, 2021

Why does Christian Century hate Palestinians?

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 First, the claim that it does hate Palestinians in general, and Palestinian Christians in particular, is a fair one, based on this open let...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Boo hoo for Catholic fundies crying over the Latin Mass

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Per this AP piece , Francis the Talking Pope has reversed a papal action by Benedict XVI, aka Ratzi the Nazi, which had loosened the reins o...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Top blogging of April-June

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Unlike at my main blog, I don't think it's productive to do a top blogging of the month post. But, top blogging of the quarter, inst...
Thursday, July 08, 2021

American Humanists blow St. Anthony of Fauci an air-kiss

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The American Humanist Association has named Fauci its Humanist of the Year . That's St. Anthony of Fauci the teller of Platonic lies . A...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

Flood myths, geomythology and reality

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 My dad got a ThD in comparative religion from his fundamentalist Lutheran seminary (even more fundamentalist today) over how American India...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Does objective universal morality exist?

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 Or to put it in terms of the level of individual moral statements, and in terms of an equivalent to epistemology and modern philosophical d...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Skeptatheism: Fossilized?

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What follows is a reworking of a sort of "takedown" obiturary about the death of the so-called Amazing Randi, done on my main blog...
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