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Patterson in Pursuit

Steve Patterson

Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas. stevepatterson.substack.com

society & culture philosophy

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4:58

Information and Spirit [Narration]

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2025/07/13

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4:18

Is Everything Quantifiable? [Narration]

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2025/07/06

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94:03

Ep. 109 - Order After Atheism | Aaron Day

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2025/06/28

I'm joined by Aaron Day of the Daylight Freedom Foundation to talk about... a completely different subject than we originally planned. He shares his story about moving away from atheist materialism, and we also discuss the role (and dangers) of social hierarchies and other topics. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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4:17

Complexity and Natural Systems [Narration]

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2025/06/19

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148:50

Ep. 108 - I'm Trying to Understand the Trinity | TK...

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2025/06/17

The biggest hangup I have with Catholicism (and all the mainline branches of Christianity) is the Trinity. I can understand a lower-case-t trinitarianism—that the concepts of “Father God”, “Son of God” and “Holy Spirit” are valid and useful—but the official doctrine of the Trinity still confuses me. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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162:29

Ep. 107 - Coming Around to Catholicism | TK Coleman

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2025/06/11

The best Christian philosophy I’ve heard comes from the ancient traditions—Catholicism and Orthodoxy. I would never have expected it five years ago, but I’m coming around to Catholicism in particular… Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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3:56

The Problem of Physical Interaction [Narration]

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2025/06/01

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4:55

4 Steps to the Immaterial [Narration]

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2024/09/29

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5:25

Why We Need to Replace Mathematics [Narration]

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2024/09/22

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6:43

The Objectivity of Structure Outside our Concepts...

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2023/05/06

The world outside our mind is actually glued together; relations are mind-independent; and patterns are objectively real. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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103:39

Ep. 106 - Living with the Robots | Dr. RollerGator

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2023/04/02

Trying to envision life alongside AI. How will our culture change? What will the norms be around beloved robots? Should we let the machines hijack our emotional circuitry? Will AI become the highest-level decision makers within governments? Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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135:56

Ep. 105 - The Philosophy of AI (pt 1) | Alexandros...

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2023/03/24

The world is ablaze with discussion about the risks and benefits of AI like ChatGPT I have not been persuaded by the doomsdayers concerns about rogue AI, but that doesn't mean the technology is actually safe. I investigate some philosophical concepts surrounding AI with Alexandros Marinos. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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111:43

Ep. 104 - "No Longer a Christian" | Isaac Deitz

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2021/11/26

Wonderful conversation with my old friend Isaac Deitz who shares his personal religious journey. After decades of being a Christian, he no longer identifies with that label. In my opinion, that's only because "Christian" is a terrible term nowadays. By some metrics, Isaac is a raging Christian. By others, he is a heretic. In that respect, I am coming to many of the same ideas about religion and truth--spiritual truth is often at odds with religious dogma. Better to give up a label than give up the

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20:16

Our Present Dark Age

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2021/07/06

The best explanation for the current madness of the world is that we're in a dark age and have been for at least a century. The epistemic standards of the 20th century were not high enough to overcome social, psychological, and political entropy. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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48:46

Ep. 103 - "Mad at Mathematicians" | Isaac Morehouse

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2021/01/21

A couple of months ago, my friend Isaac Morehouse asked me to talk about the philosophy of mathematics and why I consider it so important. Appeals to mathematics are everywhere, from COVID lockdowns to NFL play calling, and if our concepts about math are flawed, we make the world a significantly worse place. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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110:46

Ep. 102 - Scientific Progress and Intellectual...

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2020/04/19

What does scientific progress look like? Is it steady progress, getting ever closer to the truth? Or does it go through waves? What about cases where we seem to have lost knowledge or the foundations of a theory we’ve been building on turned out to be wrong? Can that still be useful? Is that still progress? These are some of the questions I explore with Dr. Geoff Anders. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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8:58

Critical Thinking | Zooming In and Zooming Out

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2020/03/31

A critical thinker must have the ability to zoom in and zoom out - to hyper-focus on cause and effect and to see how things interconnect in the big picture. It's a common and critical error to be too-zoomed-in or too-zoomed-out. The over-focused mind is like the mathematician who doesn't realize the assumptions of his model are non-mathematical and likely wrong. The under-focused mind is like the mushroom-enthusiast that's content concluding "All is one", with no finer-resolution of analysis. The

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Ep. 101- Is a Ruling Class Inevitable? | Samo Burja

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2020/03/08

Libertarians like myself tend to focus on the abuse of power hierarchies. The existence of a "ruling class" makes most of us uneasy. However, might these sociological structures serve a valuable purpose? Are they inevitable parts of human society? Samo Burja joins me to discuss. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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26:54

Coming Around to Platonism

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2020/01/10

For years, I've been making anti-Platonist arguments. Now, I think I was wrong. The universe seems to be composed of both concrete and abstract stuff. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at stevepatterson.substack.com/subscribe

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45:23

Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in...

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2019/11/19

Episode 100 of Patterson in Pursuit! Wow, what a milestone. Thanks to everybody who has listened to and supported the show. I hope it's created value for you. In this episode, I share my personal thoughts about the show, some of my motivations, the conversations that were impactful to my own philosophy, and some funny experiences along the way. And of course, more heretical thoughts about the philosophy of mathematics. Get full access to Steve Patterson's Substack at

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