Nicholas Rescher
American philosopher (1928–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicholas Rescher (/ˈrɛʃər/; German: [ˈʁɛʃɐ]; 15 July 1928 – 5 January 2024) was a German-born American philosopher, polymath, and author, who was a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1961. He was chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science and chairman of the philosophy department.[3]
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Born | (1928-07-15)15 July 1928 |
Died | 5 January 2024(2024-01-05) (aged 95) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Queens College (CUNY) Princeton University |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic Process philosophy Methodological pragmatism Pragmatic idealism Epistemic coherentism[1] Coherence theory of truth[2] |
Institutions | University of Pittsburgh |
Thesis | Leibniz' cosmology: a reinterpretation of the philosophy of Leibniz in the light of his physical theories (1951) |
Doctoral advisor | Alonzo Church, Ledger Wood |
Doctoral students | Alexander Pruss Ernest Sosa |
Main interests | Philosophy of subjectivity, history of philosophy, epistemology, value theory |
Notable ideas | Philosophical theory of everything, axiogenesis |
Rescher served as president of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, Leibniz Society of North America, American Metaphysical Society, American Philosophical Association, and Charles S. Peirce Society.[4] He was the founder of American Philosophical Quarterly,[5] History of Philosophy Quarterly, and Public Affairs Quarterly.[6] He died in Pittsburgh on January 5, 2024, at the age of 95.[7]