Autobiography / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas.

Contributor:

Rescher, Nicholas, editor.

Series:

Nicholas Rescher collected papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers--United States--Biography.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Heusenstamm [Germany] : ontos, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised edition of his Autobiography brings up-to-date Rescher's account of his life and work. The passage of years since the publication of an autobiographical work makes for its growing incompleteness. Moreover, the passage of time is bound to bring some new perspectives to view. This new edition comes to terms with these circumstances. Since the publication of the previous version Rescher's philosophical work has made substantial progress, betokened by the publication of over a score of new books that mark an ongoing expansion of his philosophical range. Then too, the internet has brought to light interesting new information about Rescher's family background and antecedence. Overall the book affords a detailed, vivid, and highly personalized picture of the life and work of someone who counts as one of the most prolific and many-sided contemporary thinkers.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ONE: Family Background

TWO: A German Childhood

THREE: An Immigrant Boy

FOUR: High School Days

FIVE: Queens College

SIX: Princeton University

SEVEN: U.S.M.C.

EIGHT: The RAND Corporation

NINE: Lehigh University

TEN: Pittsburgh

ELEVEN: Pittsburgh

TWELVE: Pittsburgh and Oxford

THIRTEEN: Squirrel Hill

FOURTEEN: Wanderings

FIFTEEN: Active Years

SIXTEEN: Changing Priorities

SEVENTEEN: At the Dawn of a New Millennium

EIGHTEEN: Moving On

NINETEEN: Sunset Years

TWENTY: A Philosophical Retrospect

APPENDIX 1: Autodoxography

APPENDIX 2: Fragments of Rescher Family History

APPENDIX 3: The Landaus of Neukirchen and Goddelsheim

APPENDIX 4: Reference for Work by and about Nicholas Rescher

Name Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-86838-084-1

3-11-033063-6

OCLC:

1049611576