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A Discourse About Nothing
by Pierce Marks
A philosophy scholar and a philosophy newcomer discuss and breakdown philosophy in an effort to make the study more accessible.
Episodes
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Episode 9: The Culture War is a Lie
Pierce and Matt try to make sense of the current state of the culture war. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/
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Episode 8: How Coronavirus Made Me Realize I’m a Jerk (and that I need a new moral paradigm)
Pierce is back to scold you! Danny is on for the first time! I haven’t been outside in a month! Show-notes Overall Point: Our way of seeing the world and considering our place in it is selfish, naive and disconnected from reality. Details of how we see the world: (1) My assuming that I have […] A...
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Episode 7.5: A Response to Very Bad Wizards on Ecclesiastes
In this mini-episode, Pierce solves a murder, and responds to some other dudes on their angsty interpretation of Ecclesiastes. (Picture: Albrecht Durer’s “Knight, Death and the Devil.”) Very Bad Wizards (Podcast) A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every...
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Episode 7: The Meaning of Life and Intrinsic Value
Pull up a chair, and shut your mouth while Pierce once again lectures you about morality, religion and Jordan Peterson. Listener BEWARE! (Picture: Young William James looking pretty sick.) Sources: Wolf, Susan. “Meaningfulness: A Third Dimension of the Good Life” Scruton, Roger. “Of Beauty and...
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Episode 6: Thoughts on Jordan Peterson
Pierce and Matt pull themselves up by their bootstraps, get high and tight fades, and talk about the internet’s favorite frog, Jordan Peterson. Sources: Cathy Newman Interview Jordan Peterson on the “Left Wingers Going Too Far” Peterson and Scruton on the Transcendent Peterson, Goldstein and…
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Episode 5: Serenity and Serenity
Pierce and Matt analyze the character, Malcolm Reynolds, from Firefly and Serenity. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/
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Episode 4: The Witcher Episode Feedback
Pierce goes solo this week to answer some feedback we received in our previous two-part episode. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/
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Episode 3: The Witcher 3, Consolation and Religion (Part 2)
Pierce breaks down how the video game, The Witcher 3, radically influenced his philosophical study and introduces Matt to meta-ethics. Part 2 of 2. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/
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Episode 2: The Witcher 3, Consolation and Religion (Part 1)
Pierce breaks down how the video game, The Witcher 3, radically influenced his philosophical study and introduces Matt to meta-ethics. Part 1 of 2. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/
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Episode 1: Why make a philosophy podcast?
Pierce and Matt introduce the new podcast. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A philosophy scholar and a philosophy newcomer discuss and breakdown philosophy in an effort to make the study more accessible.
HOSTED BY
Pierce Marks
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A philosophy scholar and a philosophy newcomer discuss and breakdown philosophy in an effort to make the study more accessible.
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