Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ONE: Family Background 1
5. TWO: A German Childhood 11
6. THREE: An Immigrant Boy 19
7. FOUR: High School Days 31
8. FIVE: Queens College 45
9. SIX: Princeton University 55
10. SEVEN: U.S.M.C. 81
11. EIGHT: The RAND Corporation 97
12. NINE: Lehigh University 121
13. TEN: Pittsburgh 135
14. ELEVEN: Pittsburgh 149
15. TWELVE: Pittsburgh and Oxford 167
16. THIRTEEN: Squirrel Hill 185
17. FOURTEEN: Wanderings 195
18. FIFTEEN: Active Years 211
19. SIXTEEN: Changing Priorities 225
20. SEVENTEEN: At the Dawn of a New Millennium 245
21. EIGHTEEN: Moving On 265
22. NINETEEN: Sunset Years 277
23. TWENTY: A Philosophical Retrospect 287
24. APPENDIX 1: Autodoxography 297
25. APPENDIX 2: Fragments of Rescher Family History 301
26. APPENDIX 3: The Landaus of Neukirchen and Goddelsheim 375
27. APPENDIX 4: Reference for Work by and about Nicholas Rescher 377
28. Name Index 395
29. Backmatter 440