Rescher Autobiography

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-033063-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band Suppl. vol., 424 Seiten

Reihe: Collected Papers

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rescher, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;PREFACE;9
2;One FAMILY BACKGROUND;15
3;Two A GERMAN CHILDHOOD Hagen: 1928-1939 (Age 0-9);31
4;Three AN IMMIGRANT BOY Beechhurst: 1938-1942 (Age 10-13);39
5;Four HIGH SCHOOL DAYS 1942-1946 (Age 13-17);51
6;Five QUEENS COLLEGE Flushing: 1946-1949 (AGE 17-21);65
7;Six PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1949-1953 (AGE 21-23);75
8;Seven U.S.M.C. Washington, D.C.: 1952-1954 (AGE 23-25);101
9;Eight THE RAND CORPORATION Santa Monica: 1954-1956 (AGE 25-28);117
10;Nine LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Bethlehem: 1957-1961 (AGE 28-32);141
11;Ten PITTSBURGH The First Years: 1961-1966 (AGE 32-38);155
12;Eleven PITTSBURGH Years Of Change: 1966-1971 (AGE 38-42);169
13;Twelve PITTSBURGH AND OXFORD 1971-1974 (Age 42-46);187
14;Thirteen SQUIRREL HILL 1975-1980 (AGE 47-52);205
15;Fourteen WANDERINGS 1981-1985 (AGE 53-57);215
16;Fifteen ACTIVE YEARS 1985-1989 (Age 57-61);231
17;Sixteen CHANGING PRIORITIES 1990-1995 (AGE 62-67);245
18;Seventeen AT THE DAWN OF A NEW MILLENNIUM 1996-2001 (AGE 68-73);265
19;Eighteen MOVING ON Squirrel Hill to Regent Square: 2003-2007 (Age 75-79);285
20;Nineteen SUNSET YEARS Regent Square: 2008-10 (Age 79-81);297
21;Twenty A PHILOSOPHICAL RETROSPECT;307
22;Appendix 1 AUTODOXOGRAPHY;317
23;Appendix 2 FRAGMENTS OF RESCHER FAMILY HISTORY;321
24;APPENDIX 3 THE LANDAUS OF NEUKIRCHEN AND GODDELSHEIM;395
25;Appendix 4 REFERENCES FOR WORK BY AND ABOUT NICHOLAS RESCHER;397
26;Name Index;415