In this book Christopher Norris develops the case for scientific realism by tackling various adversary arguments from a range of anti-realist positions.

Norris demonstrates that Derrida’s texts should be understood more as philosophy than as literature. He explains the position of Derrida’s writing within the Western philosophical tradition and discusses some of…

Setting out to shake not only literary critical assumptions but the very foundations of Western thought, deconstruction remains one of the most controversial yet crucial strands of contemporary critical theory…

Hedgehogs is an extended sequence of poems and verse-essays about Jacques Derrida by a well-known philosopher, literary theorist, and commentator on his writings. Their topics range widely across the full…

This work argues the case against the current widespread trend towards relativism in the philosophy of science, cultural theory and the sociology of knowledge. It avoids the use of technical…

Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries is a focused, visual reference guide, featuring brand new full colour photographs,the book offers in-depth, evidence-based, practical guidance on the therapeutic treatment of injuries for…

Analyses three main topics - deconstruction, philosophy of language, and literary theory. This book offers a statement of the author’s views as to how ‘theory’ might profit from a greater…

What might be the outcome for philosophy if its texts were subjected to the powerful techniques of rhetorical close-reading developed by current deconstructionist literary critics? This book explores such questions…