Only this evening I learnt from one of Nicholas’ students that he’d passed. A lovely, responsive, open man. Here are some obits: Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Pittwire, First Things, APA. ConservatismIdealismnicholas rescherPhilosophy of science
A belated birthday greeting to Nick still going strong at eighty-nine. Nick is one of the most prolific, wide-ranging, insightful, eclectic and kindest philosophers I have known. See Michele Marsonet’s Internet Enclyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Nick. ConservatismEpistemologyIdealismmetaphysicsMichele Marsonetnicholas rescherphilosophical logicPhilosophyPhilosophy of sciencepragmatism
The latest installment of Richard Marshall’s lovely interviews — here he’s talking with Ernest Sosa — a student of the wonderful Nicholas Rescher. It’s also worth listening to Sosa discussing the state of epistemology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpE6bODDekU EpistemologyErnest Sosanicholas rescherRichard Marshallsocial epistemologyVirtue epistemology
This in the NYT — H/T to Troy Camplin In a paper from a few years ago I had a section in a chapter in Hayek and Behavioral Economics that deals with this notion, a curtain-raiser to a more detailed examination. Taking Ignorance Seriously As already indicated the other component to thinking about complexity resides…
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