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Patterson in Pursuit
Steve Patterson
Show • 193 episodes
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Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas. stevepatterson.substack.com
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Ep. 112 - The Novelty of the Trinity | Dr. Jared Ortiz
Episode • Sep 14
Intelligence and Pattern Recognition [Narration]
Episode • Aug 31
Everything in Discrete Space [Narration]
Episode • Aug 24
Ep. 111 - Is Civilization Older Than We Thought? | Michael Button
Episode • Aug 17
Geometry as Logic [Narration]
Episode • Aug 9
Mechanics before Ethics [Narration]
Episode • Aug 3
How to Deal with Spiritual Hierarchy [Narration]
Episode • Jul 27
Ep. 110 - Fixing Calculus with Computers | Ryan X. Charles
Episode • Jul 20
Information and Spirit [Narration]
Episode • Jul 13
Is Everything Quantifiable? [Narration]
Episode • Jul 6
Ep. 109 - Order After Atheism | Aaron Day
Episode • Jun 28
Complexity and Natural Systems [Narration]
Episode • Jun 19
Ep. 108 - I'm Trying to Understand the Trinity | TK Coleman
Episode • Jun 17
Ep. 107 - Coming Around to Catholicism | TK Coleman
Episode • Jun 11
The Problem of Physical Interaction [Narration]
Episode • Jun 1
4 Steps to the Immaterial [Narration]
Episode • Sep 29, 2024
Why We Need to Replace Mathematics [Narration]
Episode • Sep 22, 2024
The Objectivity of Structure Outside our Concepts [Narration]
Episode • May 6, 2023
Ep. 106 - Living with the Robots | Dr. RollerGator
Episode • Apr 2, 2023
Ep. 105 - The Philosophy of AI (pt 1) | Alexandros Marinos
Episode • Mar 24, 2023
Ep. 104 - "No Longer a Christian" | Isaac Deitz
Episode • Nov 26, 2021
Our Present Dark Age
Episode • Jul 6, 2021
Ep. 103 - "Mad at Mathematicians" | Isaac Morehouse
Episode • Jan 21, 2021
Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders
Episode • Apr 19, 2020
Critical Thinking | Zooming In and Zooming Out
Episode • Mar 31, 2020
Ep. 101- Is a Ruling Class Inevitable? | Samo Burja
Episode • Mar 8, 2020
Coming Around to Platonism
Episode • Jan 10, 2020
Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in Pursuit
Episode • Nov 19, 2019
Ep. 99 - Non-Rationality and Psychedelics | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Episode • Sep 8, 2019
Ep. 98 - "A Consciousness-Only Ontology" | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Episode • Sep 1, 2019
Understanding God as Nature or the Universe
Episode • Aug 22, 2019
Solving the Interaction Problem
Episode • Aug 2, 2019
There Are No Objective Definitions
Episode • May 19, 2019
Ep. 97 - Math Heresy: Ultrafinitism | Dr. Doron Zeilberger
Episode • Apr 21, 2019
Ep. 96 - Truth and Postmodernism | Breakdown of Thaddeus Russell Interview
Episode • Apr 7, 2019
Ep. 95 - The Highest IQ in America | Christopher Langan
Episode • Mar 24, 2019
Ep. 94 - A Satoshi Nakamoto Story | Phil "Scronty" Wilson
Episode • Sep 2, 2018
Ep. 93 - Abortion, Natural Rights, and Evictionism | Dr. Walter Block
Episode • Jun 28, 2018
Ep. 92 - 6 Years of Mystery Illness: When Western Medicine Fails
Episode • Jun 17, 2018
Ep. 91 - Tom Woods on Catholicism, Papal Authority, and Intellectual Entrepreneurship | Dr. Thomas Woods
Episode • Jun 10, 2018
The Abuse of Apriorism in Economics
Episode • May 31, 2018
Ep. 90 - The Overwhelming Beauty of Free Markets | Jeffrey Tucker
Episode • May 27, 2018
Does Free Will Even Make Sense?
Episode • May 24, 2018
The Crucifixion: A Unification of Love and Hate
Episode • May 17, 2018
How the Rubik's Cube Solves Any Paradox
Episode • May 13, 2018
Ep. 89 - Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of Its Parts? | Dr. Andrew Brenner
Episode • May 6, 2018
Defending Zeno's Paradox
Episode • May 3, 2018
Ep. 88 - Watch Out for Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles
Episode • Apr 29, 2018
How Progressives Can Fix the Economy
Episode • Apr 26, 2018
Ep. 87 - Race and Colorblindness: Part II | T.K. Coleman
Episode • Apr 22, 2018
Gay Marriage and the Absurdity of Courts
Episode • Apr 19, 2018
Ep. 86 - Race and Colorblindness: Part I | TK Coleman
Episode • Apr 16, 2018
The Profundity of Poker
Episode • Apr 8, 2018
Ep. 85 - College Isn't for Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan
Episode • Apr 2, 2018
Ep. 84 - When Logic Met Math | Dr. Graham Priest
Episode • Mar 25, 2018
Ep. 83 - Logic, Contradictions, and the Liar Paradox | Dr. Graham Priest
Episode • Mar 18, 2018
Ep. 82 - Do Entities Exist? | Breakdown of Chalmers Interview
Episode • Mar 11, 2018
Ep. 81 - The Ethics of Eating Meat | Dr. Mike Huemer
Episode • Mar 4, 2018
Ep. 80 - A Debate about Truth and Postmodernism | Thaddeus Russell
Episode • Feb 25, 2018
Ep. 79 - Postmodernism, Marxism, Love, and Religion | Thaddeus Russell
Episode • Feb 18, 2018
Ep. 78 - The Case for Idealism | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Episode • Feb 11, 2018
Time for Writing and Health
Episode • Oct 8, 2017
The Puzzle of Awareness
Episode • Oct 5, 2017
Ep. 77 - Why I Support Catalonia's Secession
Episode • Oct 1, 2017
Don't Fight for Objective Definitions
Episode • Sep 28, 2017
Ep. 76 - Metaphysical Questions, Objectivist Answers | Dr. David Kelley
Episode • Sep 24, 2017
The Fashionable Thinkers
Episode • Sep 21, 2017
Ep. 75 - Do We Perceive Reality? | Dr. Donald Hoffman
Episode • Sep 17, 2017
How to Deal with Alien Abductions and Bigfoot Sightings
Episode • Sep 14, 2017
Ep. 74 - Race and American Politics | T.K. Coleman
Episode • Sep 10, 2017
Unifying the Plural into the Simple
Episode • Sep 7, 2017
Ep. 73 - Race, Culture, and Judgments | T.K. Coleman
Episode • Sep 3, 2017
Ep. 72 - The Real Story Behind Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles
Episode • Aug 27, 2017
Ep. 71 - Meditation and the Absence of Self | Oren J. Sofer
Episode • Aug 20, 2017
Ep. 70 - Should Feminism and Philosophy Mix? | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Aug 14, 2017
Ep. 69 - Hegel and Paradox | Dr. Donald Verene
Episode • Aug 6, 2017
Ep. 68 - Corruption in the Silk Road Case | Lyn Ulbricht
Episode • Jul 30, 2017
Ep. 67 - Catholicism, the Church, and Faith | Fr. Oscar Martin
Episode • Jul 23, 2017
Ep. 66 - Ethics, Capitalism, the Meaning of Life, and Social Justice | Dr. Patrick Byrne
Episode • Jul 16, 2017
Ep. 65 - "Ultra Spiritual" or "Actually Spiritual"? | JP Sears
Episode • Jul 10, 2017
Ep. 64 - Science, Peer Review, and Academic B******t | Brian Earp
Episode • Jul 2, 2017
Can Drugs Lead to Truth?
Episode • Jun 29, 2017
Ep. 63 - The Limits of the Non-Aggression Principle | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Jun 25, 2017
Language is Inherently Ambiguous
Episode • Jun 22, 2017
Ep. 62 - Bitcoin, OpenBazaar, and Political Power | Sam Patterson
Episode • Jun 17, 2017
Is Space Mental?
Episode • Jun 15, 2017
Ep. 61 - Ayn Rand's Objectivism | Dr. David Kelley
Episode • Jun 11, 2017
You Live in Your Mind
Episode • Jun 8, 2017
Ep. 60 - Dialogue with a Buddhist Monk | Phra Maha Chanomkorn Prakai
Episode • Jun 4, 2017
Ep. 59 - Can You Approach Infinity? | Dr. Michael Huemer
Episode • May 28, 2017
Is the World Blurry? | The Modernist Fallacy
Episode • May 26, 2017
Ep. 58 - The Psychology of Postmodernism | Dr. Stephen Hicks
Episode • May 20, 2017
Tai Chi Meets Reality
Episode • May 18, 2017
Ep. 57 - Are Some Objects Mind-Dependent? | Interview Breakdown
Episode • May 15, 2017
Puerto Rico Has Gone Bankrupt
Episode • May 12, 2017
Ep. 56 - Zen Buddhism | Keiho Nishigaki
Episode • May 9, 2017
Ep. 55 - Are Science and Religion Incompatible? | Dr. Peter Harrison
Episode • Apr 30, 2017
Data versus Anecdotes: From Ghosts to Levaquin
Episode • Apr 28, 2017
Ep. 54 - Psychedelic Experience: Ayahuasca | The World Wanderers
Episode • Apr 23, 2017
The Social Hierarchy
Episode • Apr 20, 2017
Ep. 53 - One Year, 10 Countries | What I've Learned
Episode • Apr 15, 2017
People Love Hierarchy
Episode • Apr 13, 2017
Ep. 52 - Are Some Infinities Bigger Than Others? | Dr. Toby Meadows
Episode • Apr 9, 2017
Ep. 51 - Feminist Philosophy | Dr. Michelle Boulous-Walker
Episode • Apr 2, 2017
The Metaphysics of Fiction
Episode • Mar 31, 2017
Ep. 50 - Argumentation Ethics | Stephan Kinsella
Episode • Mar 26, 2017
Experts and Incompetence
Episode • Mar 24, 2017
Ep. 49 - Is Consciousness "Emergent"? | Dr. David Braddon-Mitchell
Episode • Mar 18, 2017
My Experience with Christian Evangelicalism
Episode • Mar 16, 2017
Ep. 48 - Skepticism of Infinity in Mathematics | Dr. Norman Wildberger
Episode • Mar 12, 2017
Infinite Things Do Not Exist
Episode • Mar 9, 2017
Ep. 47 - Problems with Paraconsistent Logic | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Mar 5, 2017
3 Steps for Changing a Paradigm
Episode • Mar 3, 2017
Ep. 46 - Buddhism and Boundaries | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Feb 26, 2017
A Requirement for True Love
Episode • Feb 24, 2017
Ep. 45 - Infinite Sets: Understanding the Basics | Dr. Gareth
Episode • Feb 19, 2017
Charlie Hebdo as an Excuse to Take Selfies
Episode • Feb 16, 2017
Ep. 44 - SJWs, the Left, and Academia | Dr. Jamie Whyte
Episode • Feb 12, 2017
Ep. 43 - Indigenous Beliefs of New Zealand | Dr. Hirini Kaa
Episode • Feb 5, 2017
Ep. 42 - Truth and Paraconsistent Logic
Episode • Jan 29, 2017
Ep. 41 - Race Relations, Part II | T.K. Coleman
Episode • Jan 26, 2017
Ep. 40 - Race Relations | T.K. Coleman
Episode • Jan 22, 2017
Why I Am Not a Physicalist
Episode • Jan 19, 2017
Ep. 39 - Theism without the OmniGod | Dr. John Bishop
Episode • Jan 15, 2017
Ep. 38 - The Post-Truth Era | Dr. Robert Nola
Episode • Jan 8, 2017
Ep. 37 - Free Will, Causality, and Pluralism | Dr. Mario De Caro
Episode • Jan 1, 2017
The Bittersweet Paradox
Episode • Dec 29, 2016
Ep. 36 - Christmas Breakdown | Scrooge Edition
Episode • Dec 26, 2016
Ep. 35 - Legalizing All Drugs | Dr. Jeffrey Miron
Episode • Dec 18, 2016
Ep. 34 - The Foundations of Knowledge
Episode • Dec 11, 2016
Is It Honorable To Be In The Military?
Episode • Dec 8, 2016
Ep. 33 - Do Mathematical Objects Exist? | Dr. Jody Azzouni
Episode • Dec 4, 2016
Ep. 32 - Minds, Machines, and Souls | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Nov 28, 2016
Ep. 31 - Religious Experience | Isaac Morehouse
Episode • Nov 20, 2016
The Case for Cultural Appropriation
Episode • Nov 17, 2016
Thank Goodness for Price Gougers
Episode • Nov 10, 2016
Ep. 30 - Buddhism, the Self, and Boundaries | Dr. Janet Gyatso
Episode • Nov 6, 2016
Gender, Sex, and Language
Episode • Nov 3, 2016
Ep. 29 - Trump and Conservatism | Dr. Harvey Mansfield
Episode • Oct 30, 2016
Ep. 28 - Questions for a Christian Theologian | Dr. Ian McFarland
Episode • Oct 23, 2016
All is One: The Logical Case for Mysticism
Episode • Oct 20, 2016
Ep. 27 - Intellectual Optimism | T.K. Coleman
Episode • Oct 16, 2016
Reparations for Slavery
Episode • Oct 13, 2016
Ep. 26 - Why I'm Not in Academia
Episode • Oct 9, 2016
Steak and Certainty
Episode • Oct 6, 2016
Ep. 25 - Artificial Intelligence and Minds | Dr. Bram van Heuveln
Episode • Oct 2, 2016
Karma or Coincidence?
Episode • Sep 29, 2016
Ep. 24 - John Searle and Dualism | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Sep 25, 2016
What is Religiosity?
Episode • Sep 22, 2016
Ep. 23 - Postmodernism | Dr. Stephen Hicks
Episode • Sep 18, 2016
Economic Reality Comes Before Social Justice
Episode • Sep 14, 2016
Ep. 22 - Understanding Infinity | Dr. Daniel Isaacson
Episode • Sep 11, 2016
An Objective Standard for Sanity
Episode • Sep 8, 2016
Ep. 21 - Biological Naturalism | Dr. John Searle
Episode • Sep 4, 2016
The Continuum Problem
Episode • Sep 1, 2016
Ep. 20 - Democracy to Anarchism | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Aug 28, 2016
Logic is Not a Convention
Episode • Aug 24, 2016
Ep. 19 - Three Basic Concepts in Economics | Dr. Donald Boudreaux
Episode • Aug 22, 2016
Hiding Behind Abstractions
Episode • Aug 22, 2016
Ep. 18 - Democracy, More or Less | Dr. Bruce Cain
Episode • Aug 14, 2016
Faith and Reason
Episode • Aug 10, 2016
Physicalism and Spirituality
Episode • Aug 3, 2016
Ep. 17 - Oxford Analysis | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Jul 31, 2016
Tautologies Must Not Be Dismissed
Episode • Jul 28, 2016
Ep. 16 - What is Logic? | Dr. Timothy Williamson
Episode • Jul 24, 2016
The Paradox of Buridan's Ass
Episode • Jul 19, 2016
Ep. 15 - Anarchist Intuition | Libertarian Political Philosophy
Episode • Jul 17, 2016
Resolving the Liar's Paradox
Episode • Jul 14, 2016
Ep. 14 - Understanding Quantum Physics | Dr. Simon Saunders
Episode • Jul 11, 2016
Everything is Grounded in Logic
Episode • Jul 6, 2016
Ep. 13 - Austrian Economics: Deduction, Logic, and Theory | Dr. Peter Boettke
Episode • Jul 3, 2016
Can You Judge Intelligence by Beliefs?
Episode • Jun 29, 2016
Ep. 12 - Brexit!
Episode • Jun 26, 2016
From Conservative to Anarchist
Episode • Jun 22, 2016
Ep. 11 - Contradictions at Columbia | Interview Breakdown
Episode • Jun 19, 2016
The Logic of Nothing
Episode • Jun 15, 2016
Ep. 10 - Christian Beliefs, Experiences | Dr. Bob Murphy
Episode • Jun 12, 2016
Assume Everybody is Wrong
Episode • Jun 8, 2016
Ep. 9 - Logic, Contradictions, and Dialetheism | Dr. Justin Clarke-Doane
Episode • Jun 5, 2016
Does the Mind Have Access to Objective Truth?
Episode • Jun 1, 2016
Ep. 8 - Completed Infinities: Possible or Not? | Dr. Gary McGuire
Episode • May 29, 2016
Against "Doing the Right Thing"
Episode • May 25, 2016
Ep. 7 - Egoism, Religion, Ayn Rand | Michael Malice
Episode • May 22, 2016
Chairs Do Not Exist
Episode • May 18, 2016
Ep. 6 - Interview Breakdown: Pragmatism, Objective Truth, and Anarchism
Episode • May 15, 2016
Democracy Fail: Trump versus Sanders
Episode • May 11, 2016
Ep. 5 - American Pragmatism | Dr. John Stuhr
Episode • May 8, 2016
The Sliding Scale of Certainty
Episode • May 4, 2016
Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan
Episode • May 1, 2016
The Death of Skepticism
Episode • Apr 26, 2016
Ep. 3 - Consciousness and Subjectivity | Dr. Emrys Westacott
Episode • Apr 21, 2016
Ep. 2 - Is There Objective Truth? | Dr. Emrys Westacott
Episode • Apr 21, 2016
Ep. 1 - Introduction
Episode • Apr 20, 2016
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