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**Patterson in Pursuit**

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

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How to Deal with Spiritual Hierarchy [Narration] Jul 27, 2025

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Ep. 110 - Fixing Calculus with Computers | Ryan X. Charles Jul 20, 2025

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Textbook calculus is wrong because it's fundamentally continuous. We can do better, and a discrete calculus might even change how we build computers.

Interview with Ryan X Charles.

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Information and Spirit [Narration] Jul 13, 2025

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Is Everything Quantifiable? [Narration] Jul 06, 2025

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Ep. 109 - Order After Atheism | Aaron Day Jun 28, 2025

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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.

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Complexity and Natural Systems [Narration] Jun 19, 2025

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Ep. 108 - I'm Trying to Understand the Trinity | TK Coleman Jun 17, 2025

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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.

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Ep. 107 - Coming Around to Catholicism | TK Coleman Jun 11, 2025

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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…

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The Problem of Physical Interaction [Narration] Jun 01, 2025

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4 Steps to the Immaterial [Narration] Sep 29, 2024

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