Ranked #1

Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in Pursuit
Ep. 100 - Trying to Solve Philosophy | Patterson in Pursuit
Episode 100 of Patterson in Pursuit! Wow, what a milestone. Thanks to everybody who has listened to and supported the sh... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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45mins
Ranked #2

Ep. 42 - Truth and Paraconsistent Logic
Ep. 42 - Truth and Paraconsistent Logic
What is truth? Can we know anything about it? Is truth about propositions, or is it about the world? Can a proposition b... Read more
29 Jan 2017
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #3

Ep. 46 - Buddhism and Boundaries | Interview Breakdown
Ep. 46 - Buddhism and Boundaries | Interview Breakdown
Are all boundaries artificial? Is "the self" a real thing, or is it just an illusion? Does anything have essence? These ... Read more
26 Feb 2017
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36mins
Ranked #4

Ep. 75 - Do We Perceive Reality? | Dr. Donald Hoffman
Ep. 75 - Do We Perceive Reality? | Dr. Donald Hoffman
Do we see reality as it is? Or, are we stuck inside our own mental representations of the world? My guest this week is D... Read more
17 Sep 2017
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #5

Ep. 94 - A Satoshi Nakamoto Story | Phil "Scronty" Wilson
Ep. 94 - A Satoshi Nakamoto Story | Phil "Scronty" Wilson
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? If you've been in the Bitcoin world for a while, you know that's the last question you should t... Read more
2 Sep 2018
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7hr 14mins
Ranked #6

My Experience with Christian Evangelicalism
My Experience with Christian Evangelicalism
I grew up in a Christian Evangelical household. This is my experience with religious fundamentalism. Get full access to ... Read more
16 Mar 2017
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24mins
Ranked #7

Ep. 56 - Zen Buddhism | Keiho Nishigaki
Ep. 56 - Zen Buddhism | Keiho Nishigaki
What are the fundamentals of Zen Buddhism? What is the purpose of meditation, or zazen? Is the philosophy or the practic... Read more
9 May 2017
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33mins
Ranked #8

Ep. 55 - Are Science and Religion Incompatible? | Dr. Peter Harrison
Ep. 55 - Are Science and Religion Incompatible? | Dr. Peter Harrison
How fundamental is the conflict between science and religion? Is it true that the history of the church is filled with a... Read more
30 Apr 2017
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55mins
Ranked #9

Ep. 64 - Science, Peer Review, and Academic B******t | Brian Earp
Ep. 64 - Science, Peer Review, and Academic B******t | Brian Earp
Science has flaws. We must discover and acknowledge them if we want to avoid dogmatic thinking. Too many people dismiss ... Read more
2 Jul 2017
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #10

Ep. 86 - Race and Colorblindness: Part I | TK Coleman
Ep. 86 - Race and Colorblindness: Part I | TK Coleman
TK Coleman joins me for another excellent conversation about race. This week, we focus on the concept of "colorblindness... Read more
16 Apr 2018
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1hr 45mins
Ranked #11

Ep. 50 - Argumentation Ethics | Stephan Kinsella
Ep. 50 - Argumentation Ethics | Stephan Kinsella
If we choose to argue, have we presupposed an ethical framework? Is "self-ownership" a concept that cannot coherently be... Read more
26 Mar 2017
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #12

Ep. 91 - Tom Woods on Catholicism, Papal Authority, and Intellectual Entrepreneurship | Dr. Thomas Woods
Ep. 91 - Tom Woods on Catholicism, Papal Authority, and Intellectual Entrepreneurship | Dr. Thomas Woods
Tom Woods joins me for a great discussion about Catholicism, papal authority, and his story of becoming an independent i... Read more
10 Jun 2018
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #13

Ep. 80 - A Debate about Truth and Postmodernism | Thaddeus Russell
Ep. 80 - A Debate about Truth and Postmodernism | Thaddeus Russell
Does objective truth exist? Thaddeus Russell joins me for part two of our discussion about postmodernism. In this episod... Read more
25 Feb 2018
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #14

Ep. 92 - 6 Years of Mystery Illness: When Western Medicine Fails
Ep. 92 - 6 Years of Mystery Illness: When Western Medicine Fails
Julia and I have been dealing with a mystery illness for more than six years. It's progressively gotten worse, but final... Read more
17 Jun 2018
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1hr 57mins
Ranked #15

Ep. 79 - Postmodernism, Marxism, Love, and Religion | Thaddeus Russell
Ep. 79 - Postmodernism, Marxism, Love, and Religion | Thaddeus Russell
I am joined by Dr. Thaddeus Russell to talk about postmodernism. With the popularity of people like Jordan Peterson, who... Read more
18 Feb 2018
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #16

Ep. 54 - Psychedelic Experience: Ayahuasca | The World Wanderers
Ep. 54 - Psychedelic Experience: Ayahuasca | The World Wanderers
For thousands of years, people have ingested psychedelic drugs in order to alter their consciousness. They report having... Read more
23 Apr 2017
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1hr 53mins
Ranked #17

Infinite Things Do Not Exist
Infinite Things Do Not Exist
There are no infinite things - no infinite sets, magnitudes, densities, shapes, distances, or anything else. Every thing... Read more
9 Mar 2017
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14mins
Ranked #18

Ep. 59 - Can You Approach Infinity? | Dr. Michael Huemer
Ep. 59 - Can You Approach Infinity? | Dr. Michael Huemer
The most popular resolution to Zeno's paradoxes is to say, "Calculus solves it!" But, as I've written and spoken about b... Read more
28 May 2017
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #19

Ep. 66 - Ethics, Capitalism, the Meaning of Life, and Social Justice | Dr. Patrick Byrne
Ep. 66 - Ethics, Capitalism, the Meaning of Life, and Social Justice | Dr. Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne is known as the founder and CEO of Overstock.com. However, few people know that he also has a PhD in Philo... Read more
16 Jul 2017
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38mins
Ranked #20

Ep. 60 - Dialogue with a Buddhist Monk | Phra Maha Chanomkorn Prakai
Ep. 60 - Dialogue with a Buddhist Monk | Phra Maha Chanomkorn Prakai
What's the purpose of meditation? What is the nature of the mind? What is the nature of the self? I got to ask these que... Read more
4 Jun 2017
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58mins