A Discourse About Nothing

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A philosophy scholar and a philosophy newcomer discuss and breakdown philosophy in an effort to make the study more accessible.


    • Jul 31, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Episode 9: The Culture War is a Lie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 119:48


    Pierce and Matt try to make sense of the current state of the culture war.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 49:35


    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... Read More

    Episode 7.5: A Response to Very Bad Wizards on Ecclesiastes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 22:12


    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)

    Episode 7: The Meaning of Life and Intrinsic Value

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 45:00


    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... Read More

    Episode 6: Thoughts on Jordan Peterson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 68:16


    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

    Episode 5: Serenity and Serenity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 51:16


    Pierce and Matt analyze the character, Malcolm Reynolds, from Firefly and Serenity.

    Episode 4: The Witcher Episode Feedback

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 20:29


    Pierce goes solo this week to answer some feedback we received in our previous two-part episode.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 26:38


    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.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2018 34:11


    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.

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