Autobiography [[electronic resource] /] / Nicholas Rescher

• Autore: Rescher Nicholas
• Pubblicazione: Heusenstamm [Germany], : ontos, 2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Disciplina: 192
• Soggetto topico: Philosophers - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RescherNicholas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- ONE: Family Background -- TWO: A German Childhood -- THREE: An Immigrant Boy -- FOUR: High School Days -- FIVE: Queens College -- SIX: Princeton University -- SEVEN: U.S.M.C. -- EIGHT: The RAND Corporation -- NINE: Lehigh University -- TEN: Pittsburgh -- ELEVEN: Pittsburgh -- TWELVE: Pittsburgh and Oxford -- THIRTEEN: Squirrel Hill -- FOURTEEN: Wanderings -- FIFTEEN: Active Years -- SIXTEEN: Changing Priorities -- SEVENTEEN: At the Dawn of a New Millennium -- EIGHTEEN: Moving On -- NINETEEN: Sunset Years -- TWENTY: A Philosophical Retrospect -- APPENDIX 1: Autodoxography -- APPENDIX 2: Fragments of Rescher Family History -- APPENDIX 3: The Landaus of Neukirchen and Goddelsheim -- APPENDIX 4: Reference for Work by and about Nicholas Rescher -- Name Index -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Autobiography
• ISBN: 3-11-033063-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464304103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II