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Podcast Profile: Patterson in Pursuit

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176 episodes
2016 to 2023
Median: 37 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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"Patterson in Pursuit" is a podcast that delves deeply into philosophical inquiries within the context of real-world issues. Hosted by Steve Patterson, this podcast features extensive interviews with intellectuals from diverse fields. The central focus explores various philosophical concepts, often grappling with abstract ideas such as the nature of reality, consciousness, rationality, and truth.

Several episodes investigate the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence and its future impact on society, touching on both the promises and perils of AI technologies. Other recurring themes include the philosophy of mathematics and logic, where foundational issues like the nature of infinity, the coherence of mathematical concepts, and the implications of paradoxes are examined.

Religious and spiritual themes are also present, with episodes discussing personal journeys away from strict religious identities and the broader implications of spiritual truths versus religious doctrines. The podcast also gives considerable attention to the intersection of philosophy and hard sciences, discussing scientific progress, the nature of intellectual inquiry, and the structure of scientific theories.

The podcast does not shy away from controversial topics, including the ethics of eating meat, the morality of abortion, and the philosophical complexities surrounding race and colorblindness. Frequent guests like Dr. Bernardo Kastrup and discussions on idealism versus physicalism highlight a strong interest in exploring whether reality is fundamentally mental or physical.

Political and social philosophy is another key area, with episodes debating the legitimacy of secession, the necessity of ruling classes, and the dynamics of free markets. Historical and current perspectives on economic theories, particularly Austrian Economics, are critiqued and defended.

Overall, "Patterson in Pursuit" offers listeners a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of philosophical topics tied closely to practical and theoretical issues in contemporary society.

Episodes:

The Objectivity of Structure Outside our Concepts [Narration] 2023-May-06 6 minutes

Ep. 106 - Living with the Robots | Dr. RollerGator 2023-Apr-02 103 minutes

Ep. 105 - The Philosophy of AI (pt 1) | Alexandros Marinos 2023-Mar-24 135 minutes

Ep. 104 - "No Longer a Christian" | Isaac Deitz 2021-Nov-26 111 minutes

Our Present Dark Age 2021-Jul-06 20 minutes

Ep. 103 - "Mad at Mathematicians" | Isaac Morehouse 2021-Jan-21 48 minutes

Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual Schelling Points | Dr. Geoff Anders 2020-Apr-19 110 minutes

Critical Thinking | Zooming In and Zooming Out 2020-Mar-31 8 minutes

Ep. 101- Is a Ruling Class Inevitable? | Samo Burja 2020-Mar-08 79 minutes

Coming Around to Platonism 2020-Jan-10 26 minutes

Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in Pursuit 2019-Nov-19 45 minutes

Ep. 99 - Non-Rationality and Psychedelics | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup 2019-Sep-08 62 minutes

Ep. 98 - "A Consciousness-Only Ontology" | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup 2019-Sep-01 99 minutes

Understanding God as Nature or the Universe 2019-Aug-22 26 minutes

Solving the Interaction Problem 2019-Aug-02 25 minutes

There Are No Objective Definitions 2019-May-19 15 minutes

Ep. 97 - Math Heresy: Ultrafinitism | Dr. Doron Zeilberger 2019-Apr-21 57 minutes

Ep. 96 - Truth and Postmodernism | Breakdown of Thaddeus Russell Interview 2019-Apr-07 105 minutes

Ep. 95 - The Highest IQ in America | Christopher Langan 2019-Mar-24 71 minutes

Ep. 94 - A Satoshi Nakamoto Story | Phil "Scronty" Wilson 2018-Sep-02 434 minutes

Ep. 93 - Abortion, Natural Rights, and Evictionism | Dr. Walter Block 2018-Jun-28 58 minutes

Ep. 92 - 6 Years of Mystery Illness: When Western Medicine Fails 2018-Jun-17 117 minutes

Ep. 91 - Tom Woods on Catholicism, Papal Authority, and Intellectual Entrepreneurship | Dr. Thomas Woods 2018-Jun-10 68 minutes

The Abuse of Apriorism in Economics 2018-May-31 21 minutes

Ep. 90 - The Overwhelming Beauty of Free Markets | Jeffrey Tucker 2018-May-27 52 minutes

Does Free Will Even Make Sense? 2018-May-24 18 minutes

The Crucifixion: A Unification of Love and Hate 2018-May-17 7 minutes

How the Rubik's Cube Solves Any Paradox 2018-May-13 13 minutes

Ep. 89 - Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of Its Parts? | Dr. Andrew Brenner 2018-May-06 54 minutes

Defending Zeno's Paradox 2018-May-03 14 minutes

Ep. 88 - Watch Out for Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles 2018-Apr-29 91 minutes

How Progressives Can Fix the Economy 2018-Apr-26 6 minutes

Ep. 87 - Race and Colorblindness: Part II | T.K. Coleman 2018-Apr-22 121 minutes

Gay Marriage and the Absurdity of Courts 2018-Apr-19 13 minutes

Ep. 86 - Race and Colorblindness: Part I | TK Coleman 2018-Apr-16 105 minutes

The Profundity of Poker 2018-Apr-08 13 minutes

Ep. 85 - College Isn't for Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan 2018-Apr-02 58 minutes

Ep. 84 - When Logic Met Math | Dr. Graham Priest 2018-Mar-25 28 minutes

Ep. 83 - Logic, Contradictions, and the Liar Paradox | Dr. Graham Priest 2018-Mar-18 82 minutes

Ep. 82 - Do Entities Exist? | Breakdown of Chalmers Interview 2018-Mar-11 30 minutes

Ep. 81 - The Ethics of Eating Meat | Dr. Mike Huemer 2018-Mar-04 67 minutes

Ep. 80 - A Debate about Truth and Postmodernism | Thaddeus Russell 2018-Feb-25 70 minutes

Ep. 79 - Postmodernism, Marxism, Love, and Religion | Thaddeus Russell 2018-Feb-18 63 minutes

Ep. 78 - The Case for Idealism | Dr. Bernardo Kastrup 2018-Feb-11 59 minutes

Time for Writing and Health 2017-Oct-08 4 minutes

The Puzzle of Awareness 2017-Oct-05 5 minutes

Ep. 77 - Why I Support Catalonia's Secession 2017-Oct-01 24 minutes

Don't Fight for Objective Definitions 2017-Sep-28 8 minutes

Ep. 76 - Metaphysical Questions, Objectivist Answers | Dr. David Kelley 2017-Sep-24 57 minutes

The Fashionable Thinkers 2017-Sep-21 14 minutes

Ep. 75 - Do We Perceive Reality? | Dr. Donald Hoffman 2017-Sep-17 66 minutes

How to Deal with Alien Abductions and Bigfoot Sightings 2017-Sep-14 9 minutes

Ep. 74 - Race and American Politics | T.K. Coleman 2017-Sep-10 79 minutes

Unifying the Plural into the Simple 2017-Sep-07 6 minutes

Ep. 73 - Race, Culture, and Judgments | T.K. Coleman 2017-Sep-03 90 minutes

Ep. 72 - The Real Story Behind Bitcoin Cash | Ryan X. Charles 2017-Aug-27 60 minutes

Ep. 71 - Meditation and the Absence of Self | Oren J. Sofer 2017-Aug-20 63 minutes

Ep. 70 - Should Feminism and Philosophy Mix? | Interview Breakdown 2017-Aug-14 86 minutes

Ep. 69 - Hegel and Paradox | Dr. Donald Verene 2017-Aug-06 58 minutes

Ep. 68 - Corruption in the Silk Road Case | Lyn Ulbricht 2017-Jul-30 50 minutes

Ep. 67 - Catholicism, the Church, and Faith | Fr. Oscar Martin 2017-Jul-23 61 minutes

Ep. 66 - Ethics, Capitalism, the Meaning of Life, and Social Justice | Dr. Patrick Byrne 2017-Jul-16 38 minutes

Ep. 65 - "Ultra Spiritual" or "Actually Spiritual"? | JP Sears 2017-Jul-10 56 minutes

Ep. 64 - Science, Peer Review, and Academic B******t | Brian Earp 2017-Jul-02 70 minutes

Can Drugs Lead to Truth? 2017-Jun-29 13 minutes

Ep. 63 - The Limits of the Non-Aggression Principle | Interview Breakdown 2017-Jun-25 30 minutes

Language is Inherently Ambiguous 2017-Jun-22 7 minutes

Ep. 62 - Bitcoin, OpenBazaar, and Political Power | Sam Patterson 2017-Jun-17 53 minutes

Is Space Mental? 2017-Jun-15 8 minutes

Ep. 61 - Ayn Rand's Objectivism | Dr. David Kelley 2017-Jun-11 64 minutes

You Live in Your Mind 2017-Jun-08 6 minutes

Ep. 60 - Dialogue with a Buddhist Monk | Phra Maha Chanomkorn Prakai 2017-Jun-04 58 minutes

Ep. 59 - Can You Approach Infinity? | Dr. Michael Huemer 2017-May-28 80 minutes

Is the World Blurry? | The Modernist Fallacy 2017-May-26 6 minutes

Ep. 58 - The Psychology of Postmodernism | Dr. Stephen Hicks 2017-May-20 58 minutes

Tai Chi Meets Reality 2017-May-18 8 minutes

Ep. 57 - Are Some Objects Mind-Dependent? | Interview Breakdown 2017-May-15 52 minutes

Puerto Rico Has Gone Bankrupt 2017-May-12 7 minutes

Ep. 56 - Zen Buddhism | Keiho Nishigaki 2017-May-09 33 minutes

Ep. 55 - Are Science and Religion Incompatible? | Dr. Peter Harrison 2017-Apr-30 55 minutes

Data versus Anecdotes: From Ghosts to Levaquin 2017-Apr-28 19 minutes

Ep. 54 - Psychedelic Experience: Ayahuasca | The World Wanderers 2017-Apr-23 113 minutes

The Social Hierarchy 2017-Apr-20 10 minutes

Ep. 53 - One Year, 10 Countries | What I've Learned 2017-Apr-15 42 minutes

People Love Hierarchy 2017-Apr-13 8 minutes

Ep. 52 - Are Some Infinities Bigger Than Others? | Dr. Toby Meadows 2017-Apr-09 65 minutes

Ep. 51 - Feminist Philosophy | Dr. Michelle Boulous-Walker 2017-Apr-02 66 minutes

The Metaphysics of Fiction 2017-Mar-31 7 minutes

Ep. 50 - Argumentation Ethics | Stephan Kinsella 2017-Mar-26 87 minutes

Experts and Incompetence 2017-Mar-24 23 minutes

Ep. 49 - Is Consciousness "Emergent"? | Dr. David Braddon-Mitchell 2017-Mar-18 53 minutes

My Experience with Christian Evangelicalism 2017-Mar-16 24 minutes

Ep. 48 - Skepticism of Infinity in Mathematics | Dr. Norman Wildberger 2017-Mar-12 51 minutes

Infinite Things Do Not Exist 2017-Mar-09 14 minutes

Ep. 47 - Problems with Paraconsistent Logic | Interview Breakdown 2017-Mar-05 58 minutes

3 Steps for Changing a Paradigm 2017-Mar-03 5 minutes

Ep. 46 - Buddhism and Boundaries | Interview Breakdown 2017-Feb-26 36 minutes

A Requirement for True Love 2017-Feb-24 14 minutes

Ep. 45 - Infinite Sets: Understanding the Basics | Dr. Gareth 2017-Feb-19 54 minutes

Charlie Hebdo as an Excuse to Take Selfies 2017-Feb-16 6 minutes

Ep. 44 - SJWs, the Left, and Academia | Dr. Jamie Whyte 2017-Feb-12 48 minutes

Ep. 43 - Indigenous Beliefs of New Zealand | Dr. Hirini Kaa 2017-Feb-05 67 minutes

Ep. 42 - Truth and Paraconsistent Logic 2017-Jan-29 69 minutes

Ep. 41 - Race Relations, Part II | T.K. Coleman 2017-Jan-26 94 minutes

Ep. 40 - Race Relations | T.K. Coleman 2017-Jan-22 81 minutes

Why I Am Not a Physicalist 2017-Jan-19 22 minutes

Ep. 39 - Theism without the OmniGod | Dr. John Bishop 2017-Jan-15 74 minutes

Ep. 38 - The Post-Truth Era | Dr. Robert Nola 2017-Jan-08 52 minutes

Ep. 37 - Free Will, Causality, and Pluralism | Dr. Mario De Caro 2017-Jan-01 48 minutes

The Bittersweet Paradox 2016-Dec-29 11 minutes

Ep. 36 - Christmas Breakdown | Scrooge Edition 2016-Dec-26 58 minutes

Ep. 35 - Legalizing All Drugs | Dr. Jeffrey Miron 2016-Dec-18 38 minutes

Ep. 34 - The Foundations of Knowledge 2016-Dec-11 22 minutes

Is It Honorable To Be In The Military? 2016-Dec-08 19 minutes

Ep. 33 - Do Mathematical Objects Exist? | Dr. Jody Azzouni 2016-Dec-04 58 minutes

Ep. 32 - Minds, Machines, and Souls | Interview Breakdown 2016-Nov-28 42 minutes

Ep. 31 - Religious Experience | Isaac Morehouse 2016-Nov-20 52 minutes

The Case for Cultural Appropriation 2016-Nov-17 13 minutes

Thank Goodness for Price Gougers 2016-Nov-10 7 minutes

Ep. 30 - Buddhism, the Self, and Boundaries | Dr. Janet Gyatso 2016-Nov-06 33 minutes

Gender, Sex, and Language 2016-Nov-03 15 minutes

Ep. 29 - Trump and Conservatism | Dr. Harvey Mansfield 2016-Oct-30 51 minutes

Ep. 28 - Questions for a Christian Theologian | Dr. Ian McFarland 2016-Oct-23 55 minutes

All is One: The Logical Case for Mysticism 2016-Oct-20 9 minutes

Ep. 27 - Intellectual Optimism | T.K. Coleman 2016-Oct-16 62 minutes

Reparations for Slavery 2016-Oct-13 12 minutes

Ep. 26 - Why I'm Not in Academia 2016-Oct-09 36 minutes

Steak and Certainty 2016-Oct-06 4 minutes

Ep. 25 - Artificial Intelligence and Minds | Dr. Bram van Heuveln 2016-Oct-02 47 minutes

Karma or Coincidence? 2016-Sep-29 9 minutes

Ep. 24 - John Searle and Dualism | Interview Breakdown 2016-Sep-25 34 minutes

What is Religiosity? 2016-Sep-22 11 minutes

Ep. 23 - Postmodernism | Dr. Stephen Hicks 2016-Sep-18 52 minutes

Economic Reality Comes Before Social Justice 2016-Sep-14 8 minutes

Ep. 22 - Understanding Infinity | Dr. Daniel Isaacson 2016-Sep-11 46 minutes

An Objective Standard for Sanity 2016-Sep-08 8 minutes

Ep. 21 - Biological Naturalism | Dr. John Searle 2016-Sep-04 30 minutes

The Continuum Problem 2016-Sep-01 9 minutes

Ep. 20 - Democracy to Anarchism | Interview Breakdown 2016-Aug-28 49 minutes

Logic is Not a Convention 2016-Aug-24 8 minutes

Ep. 19 - Three Basic Concepts in Economics | Dr. Donald Boudreaux 2016-Aug-22 54 minutes

Hiding Behind Abstractions 2016-Aug-22 9 minutes

Ep. 18 - Democracy, More or Less | Dr. Bruce Cain 2016-Aug-14 65 minutes

Faith and Reason 2016-Aug-10 12 minutes

Physicalism and Spirituality 2016-Aug-03 8 minutes

Ep. 17 - Oxford Analysis | Interview Breakdown 2016-Jul-31 37 minutes

Tautologies Must Not Be Dismissed 2016-Jul-28 10 minutes

Ep. 16 - What is Logic? | Dr. Timothy Williamson 2016-Jul-24 66 minutes

The Paradox of Buridan's Ass 2016-Jul-19 6 minutes

Ep. 15 - Anarchist Intuition | Libertarian Political Philosophy 2016-Jul-17 28 minutes

Resolving the Liar's Paradox 2016-Jul-14 6 minutes

Ep. 14 - Understanding Quantum Physics | Dr. Simon Saunders 2016-Jul-11 71 minutes

Everything is Grounded in Logic 2016-Jul-06 7 minutes

Ep. 13 - Austrian Economics: Deduction, Logic, and Theory | Dr. Peter Boettke 2016-Jul-03 63 minutes

Can You Judge Intelligence by Beliefs? 2016-Jun-29 8 minutes

Ep. 12 - Brexit! 2016-Jun-26 26 minutes

From Conservative to Anarchist 2016-Jun-22 14 minutes

Ep. 11 - Contradictions at Columbia | Interview Breakdown 2016-Jun-19 44 minutes

The Logic of Nothing 2016-Jun-15 8 minutes

Ep. 10 - Christian Beliefs, Experiences | Dr. Bob Murphy 2016-Jun-12 51 minutes

Assume Everybody is Wrong 2016-Jun-08 7 minutes

Ep. 9 - Logic, Contradictions, and Dialetheism | Dr. Justin Clarke-Doane 2016-Jun-05 87 minutes

Does the Mind Have Access to Objective Truth? 2016-Jun-01 8 minutes

Ep. 8 - Completed Infinities: Possible or Not? | Dr. Gary McGuire 2016-May-29 44 minutes

Against "Doing the Right Thing" 2016-May-25 7 minutes

Ep. 7 - Egoism, Religion, Ayn Rand | Michael Malice 2016-May-22 56 minutes

Chairs Do Not Exist 2016-May-18 17 minutes

Ep. 6 - Interview Breakdown: Pragmatism, Objective Truth, and Anarchism 2016-May-15 36 minutes

Democracy Fail: Trump versus Sanders 2016-May-11 7 minutes

Ep. 5 - American Pragmatism | Dr. John Stuhr 2016-May-08 74 minutes

The Sliding Scale of Certainty 2016-May-04 5 minutes

Ep. 4 - Irrational Voters, Law without Government, and the Case Against Education | Dr. Bryan Caplan 2016-May-01 37 minutes

The Death of Skepticism 2016-Apr-26 7 minutes

Ep. 3 - Consciousness and Subjectivity | Dr. Emrys Westacott 2016-Apr-21 36 minutes

Ep. 2 - Is There Objective Truth? | Dr. Emrys Westacott 2016-Apr-21 33 minutes

Ep. 1 - Introduction 2016-Apr-20 4 minutes