"Rescher's work envisions a dialectical tension between our synoptic aspirations for useful knowledge and our human limitations as finite inquirers. The elaboration of this project represents a many-sided approach to fundamental philosophical issues that weaves together threads of thought from the philosophy of science, and from continental idealism and American pragmatism."
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"About the Author," in Logical Inquiries: Basic Issues in Philosophical Logic. (2014),p. 129
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Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher (15 July 1928 – 5 January 2024) was a German-American philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh.
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