Steve Patterson

Author: Steve Patterson

New Book Announcement!

I am extremely excited to announce I’ve start writing my second book! It is called:

Square One: Foundations for a Critical Worldview

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September 6, 2015
How to Resolve the Liar’s Paradox [VIDEO]

September 3, 2015
Dying Mid-Sentence

I just returned from my family’s farm in Virginia. It wasn’t under good circumstances. My family was holding an estate auction. It was a surreal experience.

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August 30, 2015
The Metaphysics of Mathematics; Against Platonism

Numbers have long fascinated the human mind. They are essential to our lives and practically universal – children across the globe grasp mathematical concepts at a young age. But as important as they are, few people sit down and ask: what is a number?

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August 23, 2015
On the Mind’s Access to Objective Truth

“You can never know objective truth, because you’re stuck inside your own mind.”

I’ve heard this argument many times. Supposedly, we cannot know anything about the world because we cannot “get outside our own minds” to verify whether our claims are true. The argument goes, “we live in a subjective mental bubble, and we’re restricted from ever knowing what lies outside the bubble.”

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August 16, 2015
Faith and Reason

“You’ve just got to have faith.”

I heard this innumerable times growing up. Usually after a heated debate about religious ideas. Faith is a central part of many religious traditions, and it certainly was in my evangelical community. I have a problem with faith, to be honest. In the conversations I’ve had throughout the years, I’ve noticed that many people use “faith” as an excuse for intellectual laziness.

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August 9, 2015