Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher | |
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| Born | 15 July 1928 |
| Died | 5 January 2024 (aged 95) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Queens College (CUNY) Princeton University |
| Thesis | Leibniz' cosmology: a reinterpretation of the philosophy of Leibniz in the light of his physical theories (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alonzo Church, Ledger Wood |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic Process philosophy Methodological pragmatism Pragmatic idealism Conceptual idealism Epistemic coherentism Coherence theory of truth |
| Institutions | University of Pittsburgh |
| Doctoral students | Alexander Pruss Ernest Sosa |
| Main interests | Philosophy of subjectivity, history of philosophy, epistemology, value theory |
| Notable ideas | Philosophical theory of everything, axiogenesis |
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.
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. He was the founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly, and Public Affairs Quarterly. He died in Pittsburgh on January 5, 2024, at the age of 95.