Jonathan Tallant
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Professor of Philosophy | Arts Faculty Associate PVC Education and Student Experience, Uni of Nottingham | https://jonathantallant.com/home
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My word but the BBC used to make some really good programmes. Here on the BBC iPlayer you can get Bryan Magee's 1987 'The Great Philosophers' series, where you can (as I currently am doing) watch Sydney Morgenbesser talking about Peirce, James and Dewey.
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The Great Philosophers - Series 1: 13. The American Pragmatists
Bryan Magee and Sidney Morgenbesser discuss the work of the American pragmatists CS Peirce, John Dewey and William James.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My word but the BBC used to make some really good programmes. Here on the BBC iPlayer you can get Bryan Magee's 1987 'The Great Philosophers' series, where you can (as I currently am doing) watch Sydney Morgenbesser talking about Peirce, James and Dewey.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Some hopefully helpful tips for editing academic writing. youtu.be/FnqM3UadFjg
Editing for success: 6 tips
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October 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Some hopefully helpful tips for editing academic writing. youtu.be/FnqM3UadFjg
Episode 3 of..... 'This is not an episode' is out now. open.spotify.com/episode/5HZt...
Episode 3: Thinking in an Age of Appearances: Philosophy, AI, and the Search for What Matters
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October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Episode 3 of..... 'This is not an episode' is out now. open.spotify.com/episode/5HZt...
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The advice I give young people on choice of degree programme. Choose something you love. You’ve got the rest of your life to be frustrated and miserable.
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The advice I give young people on choice of degree programme. Choose something you love. You’ve got the rest of your life to be frustrated and miserable.
You can listen to me and Andy Fisher have a chat about all things philosophy in episode 1 of 'This is not an episode'.
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Episode 1
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September 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
You can listen to me and Andy Fisher have a chat about all things philosophy in episode 1 of 'This is not an episode'.
open.spotify.com/episode/2NHQ...
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Some thoughts about trust and bitcoin. Likely to be not at all controversial..... youtu.be/TlnTBeP5Lgc
The Death of Trust? Bitcoin, Institutions, and What the Data Really Says #trust #bitcoin
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September 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Some thoughts about trust and bitcoin. Likely to be not at all controversial..... youtu.be/TlnTBeP5Lgc
What shall I call you?
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What shall I call you?
A rose by any other name, etc.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What shall I call you?
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Why the Famous ‘Trust Game’ Might Not Be About Trust at All youtu.be/JfenH-UDAT8?...
Why the Famous ‘Trust Game’ Might Not Be About Trust at All
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September 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Why the Famous ‘Trust Game’ Might Not Be About Trust at All youtu.be/JfenH-UDAT8?...
Today will be fuelled by coffee. With a side order of coffee. Perhaps later, a coffee.
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Today will be fuelled by coffee. With a side order of coffee. Perhaps later, a coffee.
How to think about writing a book. (And what's going in mine.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryab...
Writing the Book part 3: how do you structure a book?
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August 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
How to think about writing a book. (And what's going in mine.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryab...
Writing the Book. Part 2. Trust as one and many.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Perfect!
This is *EXACTLY* how I see my piles and bookcases of unread books.
August 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Perfect!
Who is the most trustworthy company in the world?
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August 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A book, a podcast and a ponder
A weekly update and plans
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August 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Trust in the Wild
From Health Systems to Community Energy
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August 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
How can trust help solve the antimicrobial resistance? It might not be what you expect!
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How can trust help solve the antimicrobial resistance crisis?
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August 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
How can trust help solve the antimicrobial resistance? It might not be what you expect!
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How to build trust in a crisis. youtube.com/shorts/iajKz...
How to Build Trust During a Crisis
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July 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
How to build trust in a crisis. youtube.com/shorts/iajKz...
'What do we do about a discipline like philosophy', now up over on Substack.
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What do we do about a discipline like philosophy?
I posted earlier this week about the good news (for people like me who work in philosophy departments) that there is data that supports the idea that pursuing a philosophy degree will make you a bette...
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July 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
'What do we do about a discipline like philosophy', now up over on Substack.
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And a few other bits and bobs as well, in which I'm very measured about just how brilliant philosophy is....
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Philosophers are the best!
Well, we all knew it was true, but we now we can prove it!
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July 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
And a few other bits and bobs as well, in which I'm very measured about just how brilliant philosophy is....
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Theories of Trust: Affective Trust
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July 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM