Nicholas Rescher

Nicholas Rescher
Born	(1928-07-15)15 July 1928 Hagen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
Died	5 January 2024(2024-01-05) (aged 95) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Queens College (CUNY) Princeton University
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic Process philosophy Methodological pragmatism Pragmatic idealism Epistemic coherentism[1] Coherence theory of truth[2]
Institutions	University of Pittsburgh
Thesis	Leibniz' cosmology: a reinterpretation of the philosophy of Leibniz in the light of his physical theories (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Alonzo Church, Ledger Wood
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.^[3]

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.^[4] He was the founder of American Philosophical Quarterly,^[5] History of Philosophy Quarterly, and Public Affairs Quarterly.^[6] He died in Pittsburgh on January 5, 2024, at the age of 95.^[7]