# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-rescher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:10:45.350Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-rescher"
name: "Nicholas Rescher"
slug: "nicholas-rescher"
description: "Nicholas Rescher 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."
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birthDate: "1928-07-15"
deathDate: "2024-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump