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Professor Christopher Norris
BA (London); Ph.D. (London)
Teams and roles for Christopher Norris
Emeritus Professor
Overview
I am part of the School's Philosophy group.
Publication
2017
- Norris, C. 2017. The winnowing fan: verse-essays in creative criticism. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
- Norris, C. 2017. For the Tempus-Fugitives: poems and verse-essays. Sussex, UK: Sussex Academic Press.
2016
- Norris, C. 2016. Life, love and theory: a verse-chronicle. Textual Practice 30 (7), pp.1187-1204. (10.1080/0950236X.2016.1184429)
2014
- Norris, C. 2014. What's love got to do with it? Response to Bloor and Collins. Journal of Critical Realism 13 (5), pp.520-533. (10.1179/1476743014Z.00000000045)
- Norris, C. 2014. What strong sociologists can learn from critical realism: Bloor on the history of aerodynamics. Journal of Critical Realism 13 (1), pp.3-37. (10.1179/1476743013Z.00000000018)
2013
- Norris, C. C. 2013. Philosophy outside-in: a critique of academic reason. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2012
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Derrida, Badiou and the formal imperative. Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Further thoughts: on the extended mind hypothesis. Southern Humanities Review 46 (3), pp.243-269.
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Hoddinott, Alun (1929–2008). In: Goldman, L. ed. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press(10.1093/ref:odnb/99941)
- Norris, C. C. 2012. How not to defeat skepticism: why anti-realism won’t do the trick. The Philosophical Forum 43 (2), pp.127-151. (10.1111/j.1467-9191.2012.00414.x)
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Sophist or antiphilosopher? Badiou on Wittgenstein. Journal of Critical Realism 11 (4), pp.487-498. (10.1558/jcr.v11i4.487)
2011
- Norris, C. 2011. Alain Badiou: Recent Texts in Translation. Modern and Contemporary France 19 (2), pp.223-234. (10.1080/09639489.2011.572603)
- Norris, C. 2011. Hawking contra Philosophy: A Case for the Defence. Philosophy Now (82), pp.21-24.
- Norris, C. 2011. Remembering Frank Kermode. Textual Practice 25 (1), pp.1-13. (10.1080/0950236X.2011.537549)
- Norris, C. 2011. 'Second Nature', Knowledge and Normativity: revisiting McDowell’s Kant. Diametros (27), pp.64-107.
- Norris, C. 2011. Sport, Craft or Technique: The Case of Competitive Aeromodelling. Sports, Ethics and Philosophy 5 (2), pp.124-148. (10.1080/17511321.2010.536958)
- Norris, C. 2011. Tractatus Mathematico-Politicus: on Alain Badiou’s Being and Event. Speculations 2 , pp.7-48.
- Norris, C. C. 2011. Anti-realism and relativism. In: Hales, S. D. ed. A Companion to Relativism. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.489-508.
- Norris, C. C. 2011. Deconstruction. In: Hogan, P. C. ed. Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. , pp.244-246.
- Norris, C. C. 2011. Spinoza and the conflict of interpretations. In: Vardulakis, D. ed. Spinoza Now. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. , pp.3-38.
2010
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Deconstruction, Logic and 'Ordinary Language': Derrida on the Limits of Thought. Filolog 2 , pp.18-56.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Deconstruction, science, and the logic of enquiry. Derrida Today 3 (2), pp.178-200. (10.3366/drt.2010.0203)
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Frankfurt on Second-Order Desires and the Concept of a Person. Prolegomena 9 (2), pp.199-242.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Ideas of the Decade: Naturalistic Rationalism. The Philosophers� Magazine 50 , pp.88-9.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Living with Naturalism: Why Philosophy Finds it so Hard. Southern Humanities Review 44 (3), pp.254-302.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Pots, kettles and shades of black: analytic philosophy versus postmodernism. Revue Internationale de Philosophie 64 (1), pp.9-38.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Re-thinking the cogito: Naturalism, reason and the venture of thought. Continuum Studies in Philosophy London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Summa pro mathematica: on Alain Badiou's Being and Event. In: Bayot, D. J. and Cruz, I. R. eds. Inter/Sections: Festschrift in Honor of Isagani R. Cruz. Manila: Anvil Publishing. , pp.271-307.
2009
- Norris, C. and Mapp, N. eds. 2009. William Empson: The critical achievement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Alain Badiou: truth, ethics and the formal imperative. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 65 (Suppl.), pp.283-316.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Badiou on Set Theory, Ontology and Truth: mathematics as a guide to metaphysics (part one). The Polish Journal of Philosophy 3 (1), pp.51-72.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Badiou on Set Theory, Ontology and Truth: mathematics as a guide to metaphysics (part two). The Polish Journal of Philosophy 3 (2), pp.29-46.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Badiou's 'Being and Event': A reader's guide. Continuum Reader's Guides London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Best-kept secrets: literary lessons. The Philosophers' Magazine 44 , pp.59-64.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. On the Scope and Limits of Virtue-Based Epistemology. Divinatio 30 , pp.125-49.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Spinoza. The Philosophers' Magazine 47 , pp.91-95.
2008
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Alain Badiou: truth, mathematics and the claim of reason. Pli: the Warwick Journal of Philosophy 19 , pp.189-217.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Meaning, truth and causal explanation: the 'Humean Condition' revisited. In: Groff, R. ed. Revitalizing Causality: realism about causality in philosophy and social science. London: Routledge. , pp.95-128.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Provoking philosophy: Shakespeare, Johnson, Wittgenstein, Derrida. Journal of Literary Criticism 12 (1-2), pp.51-107.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Some versions of Platonism: mathematics and ontology according to Badiou. Philosophical Frontiers 3 (1), pp.1-26.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. The Serpent's Egg: on the ethics of political assassination. Southern Humanities Review 42 (1), pp.1-28.
2007
- Norris, C. C. 2007. Phenomenology, structuralism and philosophy of music: a qualified Platonist approach. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 38 (2), pp.128-147.
- Norris, C. C. 2007. Fiction, philosophy and literary theory: will the real Saul Kripke please stand up?. London: Continuum.
2006
- Norris, C. C. 2006. On truth and meaning: language, logic and the grounds of belief. London: Continuum.
2003
- Norris, C. 2003. Philosophy of language and the challenge to scientific Realism. Routledge Studies in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism) London: Routledge.
2002
- Norris, C. C. 2002. Hilary Putnam: realism, reason, and the uses of uncertainty. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
2000
- Norris, C. 2000. Minding the gap: epistemology and philosophy of science in the two traditions. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
- Norris, C. 2000. Quantum theory and the flight from realism: philosophical responses to quantum mechanics. Critical Realism: interventions London: Routledge.
1991
- Norris, C. 1991. Spinoza and the origins of modern critical theory. Bucknell lectures in literary theory Oxford: Blackwell.
Articles
- Norris, C. 2016. Life, love and theory: a verse-chronicle. Textual Practice 30 (7), pp.1187-1204. (10.1080/0950236X.2016.1184429)
- Norris, C. 2014. What's love got to do with it? Response to Bloor and Collins. Journal of Critical Realism 13 (5), pp.520-533. (10.1179/1476743014Z.00000000045)
- Norris, C. 2014. What strong sociologists can learn from critical realism: Bloor on the history of aerodynamics. Journal of Critical Realism 13 (1), pp.3-37. (10.1179/1476743013Z.00000000018)
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Further thoughts: on the extended mind hypothesis. Southern Humanities Review 46 (3), pp.243-269.
- Norris, C. C. 2012. How not to defeat skepticism: why anti-realism won’t do the trick. The Philosophical Forum 43 (2), pp.127-151. (10.1111/j.1467-9191.2012.00414.x)
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Sophist or antiphilosopher? Badiou on Wittgenstein. Journal of Critical Realism 11 (4), pp.487-498. (10.1558/jcr.v11i4.487)
- Norris, C. 2011. Alain Badiou: Recent Texts in Translation. Modern and Contemporary France 19 (2), pp.223-234. (10.1080/09639489.2011.572603)
- Norris, C. 2011. Hawking contra Philosophy: A Case for the Defence. Philosophy Now (82), pp.21-24.
- Norris, C. 2011. Remembering Frank Kermode. Textual Practice 25 (1), pp.1-13. (10.1080/0950236X.2011.537549)
- Norris, C. 2011. 'Second Nature', Knowledge and Normativity: revisiting McDowell’s Kant. Diametros (27), pp.64-107.
- Norris, C. 2011. Sport, Craft or Technique: The Case of Competitive Aeromodelling. Sports, Ethics and Philosophy 5 (2), pp.124-148. (10.1080/17511321.2010.536958)
- Norris, C. 2011. Tractatus Mathematico-Politicus: on Alain Badiou’s Being and Event. Speculations 2 , pp.7-48.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Deconstruction, Logic and 'Ordinary Language': Derrida on the Limits of Thought. Filolog 2 , pp.18-56.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Deconstruction, science, and the logic of enquiry. Derrida Today 3 (2), pp.178-200. (10.3366/drt.2010.0203)
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Frankfurt on Second-Order Desires and the Concept of a Person. Prolegomena 9 (2), pp.199-242.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Ideas of the Decade: Naturalistic Rationalism. The Philosophers� Magazine 50 , pp.88-9.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Living with Naturalism: Why Philosophy Finds it so Hard. Southern Humanities Review 44 (3), pp.254-302.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Pots, kettles and shades of black: analytic philosophy versus postmodernism. Revue Internationale de Philosophie 64 (1), pp.9-38.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Alain Badiou: truth, ethics and the formal imperative. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 65 (Suppl.), pp.283-316.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Badiou on Set Theory, Ontology and Truth: mathematics as a guide to metaphysics (part one). The Polish Journal of Philosophy 3 (1), pp.51-72.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Badiou on Set Theory, Ontology and Truth: mathematics as a guide to metaphysics (part two). The Polish Journal of Philosophy 3 (2), pp.29-46.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Best-kept secrets: literary lessons. The Philosophers' Magazine 44 , pp.59-64.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. On the Scope and Limits of Virtue-Based Epistemology. Divinatio 30 , pp.125-49.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Spinoza. The Philosophers' Magazine 47 , pp.91-95.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Alain Badiou: truth, mathematics and the claim of reason. Pli: the Warwick Journal of Philosophy 19 , pp.189-217.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Provoking philosophy: Shakespeare, Johnson, Wittgenstein, Derrida. Journal of Literary Criticism 12 (1-2), pp.51-107.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Some versions of Platonism: mathematics and ontology according to Badiou. Philosophical Frontiers 3 (1), pp.1-26.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. The Serpent's Egg: on the ethics of political assassination. Southern Humanities Review 42 (1), pp.1-28.
- Norris, C. C. 2007. Phenomenology, structuralism and philosophy of music: a qualified Platonist approach. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 38 (2), pp.128-147.
Book sections
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Hoddinott, Alun (1929–2008). In: Goldman, L. ed. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press(10.1093/ref:odnb/99941)
- Norris, C. C. 2011. Anti-realism and relativism. In: Hales, S. D. ed. A Companion to Relativism. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.489-508.
- Norris, C. C. 2011. Deconstruction. In: Hogan, P. C. ed. Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. , pp.244-246.
- Norris, C. C. 2011. Spinoza and the conflict of interpretations. In: Vardulakis, D. ed. Spinoza Now. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. , pp.3-38.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Summa pro mathematica: on Alain Badiou's Being and Event. In: Bayot, D. J. and Cruz, I. R. eds. Inter/Sections: Festschrift in Honor of Isagani R. Cruz. Manila: Anvil Publishing. , pp.271-307.
- Norris, C. C. 2008. Meaning, truth and causal explanation: the 'Humean Condition' revisited. In: Groff, R. ed. Revitalizing Causality: realism about causality in philosophy and social science. London: Routledge. , pp.95-128.
Books
- Norris, C. 2017. The winnowing fan: verse-essays in creative criticism. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
- Norris, C. 2017. For the Tempus-Fugitives: poems and verse-essays. Sussex, UK: Sussex Academic Press.
- Norris, C. C. 2013. Philosophy outside-in: a critique of academic reason. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Norris, C. C. 2012. Derrida, Badiou and the formal imperative. Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. C. 2010. Re-thinking the cogito: Naturalism, reason and the venture of thought. Continuum Studies in Philosophy London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. and Mapp, N. eds. 2009. William Empson: The critical achievement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Norris, C. C. 2009. Badiou's 'Being and Event': A reader's guide. Continuum Reader's Guides London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. C. 2007. Fiction, philosophy and literary theory: will the real Saul Kripke please stand up?. London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. C. 2006. On truth and meaning: language, logic and the grounds of belief. London: Continuum.
- Norris, C. 2003. Philosophy of language and the challenge to scientific Realism. Routledge Studies in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism) London: Routledge.
- Norris, C. C. 2002. Hilary Putnam: realism, reason, and the uses of uncertainty. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Norris, C. 2000. Minding the gap: epistemology and philosophy of science in the two traditions. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
- Norris, C. 2000. Quantum theory and the flight from realism: philosophical responses to quantum mechanics. Critical Realism: interventions London: Routledge.
- Norris, C. 1991. Spinoza and the origins of modern critical theory. Bucknell lectures in literary theory Oxford: Blackwell.
Research
Research interests
- philosophy of language
- Epistemology
- philosophy of science
- Modern Continental Philosophy
- Aesthetics
- Literary Theory
Biography
Christopher Norris is Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff, Wales and has taught at many universities around the world. He has written more than thirty books on aspects of philosophy and literary theory, among them The Deconstructive Turn; The Truth About Postmodernism; Spinoza and the Origins of Modern Critical Theory; Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism; Philosophy of Language and the Challenge to Scientific Realism; On Truth and Meaning; Fiction, Philosophy and Literary Theory; Badiou's Being and Event: a reader's guide and (most recently) Re-Thinking the Cogito: naturalism, rationalism and the venture of thought.
His books and articles on Jacques Derrida have appeared at fairly regular intervals over the past twenty-five years, and have lately been concerned with the implications of Derrida's work for epistemology and philosophy of logic and language. His latest book Derrida, Badiou and the Formal Imperative is due for publication later this year. He also writes about issues in aesthetics and philosophy of art, having published the monograph Platonism, Music and the Listener's Share and edited the volumes Shostakovich: the man and his music and Music and the Politics of Culture.
His previous teaching has included undergraduate and MA courses on philosophy of language, French Philosophy: Sartre to Badiou, Deconstruction, Philosophy and Literary Theory, and Twentieth-Century Philosophy in the Two Traditions. Over the past thirty years he has lectured at many universities around the world and has been a visiting professor at Berkeley, Tulane University, City University of New York, Dartmouth College (School of Criticism and Theory), the University of Santiago de Compostela, and elsewhere.
His current main interest is in the relationship between philosophy and poetry, including the idea of verse as a way of addressing philosophical themes.