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
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Palestinian Jews and Christians; how correlation is not causation, Paula Fredriksen

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Paula Fredriksen is right that Jesus was NOT a Palestinian Jew. Palestine as a Roman province did not exist until after the Second Jewish R...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

The rise of the omnipresent conductor: Not good for classical music

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Per this great New Yorker piece about a sad recent trend in the classical world, many modern conductors are spread too thin. Or rather than...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

RIP Dan Dennett

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I would normally, upon hearing the death of a figure like this, one more “pedestaled” than deserving, write up some sort of “takedown” obit....

A monotheistic holy days mash-up with blood on everybody's hands

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Christians in the world outside of Orthodoxy (unless Zelensky got the Ukranian church to move Easter as well as Christmas) celebrated Easter...
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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Further bye-bye thoughts on OpenSky, re climate change

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Per a group statement , it self-imploded. Having snarked on them a last time recently, I thought I would take one last look, to see what it ...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Top blogging, first quarter of 2024

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These are the most-viewed posts of mine within the past three months. That doesn't mean all of them are from the last three months. I...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

When was the book of James written?

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Some actually pretty good discussion here on its dating. The long comment by Moremon is good, though he appears to be plumping for at least...
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