Nicholas Rescher (Philosophy; Ph.D., Princeton; logic, philosophy of science, history of philosophy;
Aristotle; Arabic philosophy) is University Professor of
Philosophy. He came to the University in 1961, has served as
chairman of the department, and is vice chairman of the Center for
Philosophy of Science. Born in Germany in 1928, he is the author of
more than 70 books on a wide variety of philosophical subjects, and
has pioneered in the revival and refurbishing of the idealistic
tradition in epistemology and metaphysics in the light of ideas
drawn from American pragmatism. In 1989-90 he served as president of
the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division). From 1969
to 1993 he edited the American Philosophical Quarterly.
Honorary degrees have been awarded to Professor Rescher by Loyola
University of Chicago, Lehigh University, the Argentine National
University of Cordoba, and the University of Konstanz, as well as
his alma mater, Queens College of the City University of New York.
In 1983 he received an Alexander von Humboldt Prize awarded under
the auspices of the German Federal Republic for distinguished
scholarship in the humanities.
Nicholas Rescher (Philosophy; Ph.D., Princeton; logic, philosophy of science, history of philosophy;
Aristotle; Arabic philosophy) is University Professor of
Philosophy. He came to the University in 1961, has served as
chairman of the department, and is vice chairman of the Center for
Philosophy of Science. Born in Germany in 1928, he is the author of
more than 70 books on a wide variety of philosophical subjects, and
has pioneered in the revival and refurbishing of the idealistic
tradition in epistemology and metaphysics in the light of ideas
drawn from American pragmatism. In 1989-90 he served as president of
the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division). From 1969
to 1993 he edited the American Philosophical Quarterly.
Honorary degrees have been awarded to Professor Rescher by Loyola
University of Chicago, Lehigh University, the Argentine National
University of Cordoba, and the University of Konstanz, as well as
his alma mater, Queens College of the City University of New York.
In 1983 he received an Alexander von Humboldt Prize awarded under
the auspices of the German Federal Republic for distinguished
scholarship in the humanities.