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, April 28, 2022

The bullshit of Jonathan Poletti reaches a new low, on the Shroud of Turin

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Poletti, who has a Medium site popular with what I'll call "edgy evangelicals,", people who promote "dudebro Christianity...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

Cur alii, non alii? Thoughts outside theology

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 Medieval Christian theology used this phrase, as modern theologians know — "why some, not others" for the so-called "mystery...
Thursday, April 07, 2022

Top blogging of January-March

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 Unlike at my primary blog, I don't post here enough to do a roundup of top blogging, by readership, monthly. Quarterly, though, yes. So...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Hume the not-so-great psychologist; once again a hypocrite?

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A Twitter back-and-forth with Julian Baggini over various things David Hume has led me to in part question Hume's value as arguably the ...
Thursday, March 10, 2022

'No true empiricist' ... like 'no true Scotsman'?

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First, sorry that I hadn't posted in a couple of weeks. But, late last week, I got easy material for two more posts, both long reads, an...
Thursday, February 17, 2022

Westar/Jesus Seminar goes in the tanks

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 At one time, what seems eons ago, the Jesus Seminar did great stuff. The work of John Kloppenborg et al on Q, including its reconstruction,...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

We don't thnk in any language, eh?

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"Tosh" is my British English, thought-out answer to a clickbaity piece at 3 Quarks Daily that leaves me with not so high regard f...
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