A Discourse About Nothing

Pierce Marks
  • 4.3 (12)
  • Philosophy

A philosophy scholar and a philosophy newcomer discuss and breakdown philosophy in an effort to make the study more accessible. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/

Episodes

  1. 07/31/2020

    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/

  2. 04/12/2020

    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 Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/

    Episode 8: How Coronavirus Made Me Realize I’m a Jerk (and that I need a new moral paradigm)

  3. 03/21/2019

    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 episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/

    Episode 7.5: A Response to Very Bad Wizards on Ecclesiastes

  4. 02/27/2019

    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 Consolation.” Peterson, Goldstein and Craig on the Meaning of Life […] A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/

    Episode 7: The Meaning of Life and Intrinsic Value

  5. 02/11/2019

    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 Craig on the Meaning of Life A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/

  6. 11/28/2018

    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/

    Episode 5: Serenity and Serenity

  7. 10/11/2018

    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/

    Episode 4: The Witcher Episode Feedback

  8. 10/05/2018

    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/

    Episode 3: The Witcher 3, Consolation and Religion (Part 2)

  9. 09/28/2018

    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/

    Episode 2: The Witcher 3, Consolation and Religion (Part 1)

  10. 09/17/2018

    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/

    Episode 1: Why make a philosophy podcast?
  • 10 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

4.3
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A philosophy scholar and a philosophy newcomer discuss and breakdown philosophy in an effort to make the study more accessible. A Discourse About Nothing is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://notdiscourse.wordpress.com/

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