Nicholas RESCHER (15-a de julio 1928) estas usona filozofo de la Universitato de Picburgo. Li estas la kunprezidanto de la Centro por la Filozofio de la Scienco kaj antaŭe plenumis la postenon de Prezidanto de la Departemento de Filozofio siauniversitate.
Rescher estis ankaŭ prezidanto de la American Catholic Philosophical Association, American G.W. Sociedad Leibniz, American Metaphysical Society, American Philosophical Association, kaj la C.S. Peirce Society.[1] Li estis la fondinto de la gazetoj American Philosophical Quarterly,[2]History of Philosophy Quarterly, kaj Public Affairs Quarterly.[3]
Meze kaj fine de la 1960-aj jaroj, liaj studoj centriĝis en la mezepoka araba logiko, sed tuj li ampleksigis siajn esplorojn al metafiziko kaj epistemologio, antaŭenirante al metodolgia pragmatismo kiun li mem difinos. En la 1970-aj jaroj, li eklaboris pli serioze en la usona pragmatismo per fokuso al la verkoj de C. S. Peirce, kiu estis unu el liaj ĉefaj influoj.[4]
Verkoj (elekto)
1964. The Development of Arabic Logic. UPP.
1966. Galen and the Syllogism. UPP.
1966. The Logic of Commands. Dover Publications, New York, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.
1967. Studies in Arabic Philosophy. UPP.
1969. Introduction to Value Theory. (Reelddonita 1982) UPA.
1973. The Coherence Theory of Truth. (Reelddonita 1982) UPA.
1977. Methodological Pragmatism: A Systems-Theoretic Approach to the Theory of Knowledge. Basil Blackwell; New York University Press.
1978. Scientific Progress: A Philosophical Essay on the Economics of Research in Natural Science. UPP
1983. Risk: A Philosophical Introduction to the Theory of Risk Evaluation and Management. UPA.
1984. The Limits of Science. (Reissued 1999) UPP.
1985. The Strife of Systems: An Essay on the Grounds and Implications of Philosophical Diversity. UPP.
1988. Rationality. OUP.
1989. Cognitive Economy: Economic Perspectives in the Theory of Knowledge. UPP.
1989. A Useful Inheritance: Evolutionary Epistemology in Philosophical Perspective. Rowman & Littlefield.
1990. Human Interests: Reflections on Philosophical Anthropology. Stanford University Press.
A System of Pragmatic Idealism
1991. Volume I: Human Knowledge in Idealistic Perspective. PUP.
1992. Volume II: The Validity of Values: Human Values in Pragmatic Perspective. PUP.
1993. Pluralism: Against the Demand for Consensus. OUP.
1993 "In Matters of Religion," en Kelly James Clark, eld., Philosophers Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of 11 Leading Thinkers, pp. 127–136. InterVarsity Press.
1995. Luck. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
1995. Essays in the History of Philosophy. UK: Aldershot.
1995. Process Metaphysics. SUNY Press.
1996. Instructive Journey: An Autobiographical Essay. UPA.
1997. Predicting The Future: An Introduction To The Theory Of Forecasting. SUNY Press
1998. Complexity: A Philosophical Overview. Transaction Publishers.
1999. Kant and the Reach of Reason. Cambridge University Press.
1999. Realistic Pragmatism: An Introduction to Pragmatic Philosophy. SUNY Press.
2000. Nature and Understanding: A Study of the Metaphysics of Science. OUP.
2001. Paradoxes: Their Roots, Range, and Resolution. Open Court Publishing.
2001. Process Philosophy: A Survey of Basic Issues. UPP.
2003. Epistemology: On the Scope and Limits of Knowledge. SUNY Press.
2003. On Leibniz. UPP.
2005. Epistemic Logic. UPP.
2005. Reason and Reality: Realism and Idealism in Pragmatic Perspective. Rowman & Littlefield.
2005-2006. Collected Papers in 10 vols. Ontos Verlag.
2006. Metaphysics: The Key Issues from a Realist Perspective. Prometheus Books.
2006. Epistemetrics. Cambridge University Press.
2006. Error: On Our Predicament When Things Go Wrong. UPP.
2007. Conditionals. MIT Press.
2009. Aporetics. UPP.
2009. Free Will. Transaction Books.
2009. Ignorance: On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge. UPP.
2009. Unknowability. Lexington Books.
2009. Wishful Thinking and Other Philosophical Reflections. Ontos.
2009. Epistemological Studies. Ontos.
2010. Ideas in Process: A Study of the Development of Philosophical Concepts. Ontos Verlag.
2010. Studies in Quantitative Philosophy. Ontos Verlag.
2010. Reality and Its Appearance. Continuum.
2010. A Free Will Bibliography. Ontos. Kun Estelle Burris
2010. Philosophical Inquiries. UPP.
2010. Infinite Regress. Transaction Books
2010. Axiogenesis: An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism. Lexington Books.
2010. Philosophical Textuality: Studies on Issues of Discourses in Philosophy. Ontos.
2010. On Rules and Principles: A Philosophical Study of their Nature and Function. Ontos.
2010. Finitude: A Study of Cognitive Limits and Limitations. Ontos.
2010. Beyond Sets: A Venture in Collection-Theoretico Revisionism. Ontos. Kun Patrick Grim.
2011. On Certainty: And Other Philosophical Essays. Ontos.
2011. Philosophical Explorations. Ontos.
2011. Philosophical Episodes. Ontos.
2011. Productive Evolution. Ontos.
2012. Pragmatism. Transaction Books.
2012. Reflexivity. (With Patrick Grim) Ontos.
2012. On Explaining Existence. Ontos.
2012. Philosophische Vorsellungen. Ontos.
2012. Philosophical Deliberations. Ontos.
2012. On Leibniz. UPP. [Second, revised and expanded edition of the 2003 edition.]
2012. Epistemic Merit: And Other Essays in Epistemology. Ontos.
2013. On Leibniz: Expanded Edition. University of Pittsburgh Press.
2013. Reason and Religion. ONTOS.
2014. Philosophical Progress, And Other Philosophical Studies. De Gruyter.
2014. The Pragmatic Vision: Themes in Philosophical Pragmatism. Rowman & Littlefield.
2014. Logical Inquiries. De Gruyter.
2014. The Vagaries of Value: Basic Issued in Value Theory. Transaction.
2014. Metaphilosophy. Lexington Books.
2015. A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes. University of Pittsburgh Press.
2015. Ethical Considerations: Basic Issues in Moral Philosophy. Mellen Press.
2015. Cognitive Complications: Epistemology in Pragmatic Perspective. Lexington Books.
2016. Pragmatism in Philosophical Inquiry. Springer.
2016. Concept Audits: A Philosophical Method. Lexington Books.