Nicholas Rescher was born in Hagen in the Westphalia region of Germany. In his autobiography he traces his descent to Nehemias Rescher (1735-1801), a founder of the Hochberg-Remseck Jewish community in … 查看更多內容

Rescher began his career as an academic at Princeton University in 1951. He joined the philosophy department at the University of Pittsburgh in 1961, becoming the first … 查看更多內容

Rescher has been honored for his work. In 1984, he received the Humboldt Prize for Humanistic Scholarship. In 2005, he received the 查看更多內容

• Formal logic: Rescher quantifier
• Non-classical logic: Dienes–Rescher inference engine (also Rescher–Dienes implication); Rescher–Manor consequence relation
• Paraconsistent logic: Rescher–Brandom semantics 查看更多內容

Rescher's university biography describes his philosophical work thus:
His work envisions a dialectical tension between our … 查看更多內容

In 2010, the University of Pittsburgh created the Dr. Nicholas Rescher Fund for the Advancement of the Department of Philosophy … 查看更多內容

• Academia Europaea: European Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences 查看更多內容