Christopher Hookway (1949–2024) was a British philosopher. He taught at the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

from 1977 until 1995 and was subsequently Professor in Philosophy at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

. He was known for his studies of

Charles S. Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce ( ; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, Peirce was "the m ...

and was a former president of the

Aristotelian Society The Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy, more generally known as the Aristotelian Society, is a philosophical society in London. History Aristotelian Society was founded at a meeting on 19 April 1880, at 17 Bloomsbury Squar ...

Books

*''The Pragmatic Maxim: Essays on Peirce and Pragmatism''. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012 * ''Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism''. Oxford University Press 2003 *''Peirce''. Taylor & Francis 1999

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* Living people 21st-century British philosophers British philosophy academics Academics of the University of Sheffield Academics of the University of Birmingham Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-philosopher-stub