Patrick Suppes is a philosopher and scientist whose contributions
range over probability and statistics, mathematical and
experimental psychology, the foundations of physics, education
theory, the philosophy of language, measurement theory, and the
philosophy of science. He has also been a pioneer in the area of
computer assisted instruction. In each of these areas, Suppes has
provided seminal ideas that in some cases led to shaping the
direction of research in the field. The papers contained in this
collection were commissioned with the mandate of advancing research
in their respective fields rather than retrospectively surveying
the contributions that Suppes himself has made. The authors form an
interesting mixture of researchers in both formal philosophy of
science and science itself all of whom have been inspired by his
ideas. To maintain the spirit of constructive dialogue that
characterizes Suppes's intellectual style, he has written
individual responses to each article. In Volume 1: Probability and
Probabilistic Causality, nineteen distinguished philosophers and
scientists focus their attention on probabilistic issues. In Part I
the contributors explore axiomatic representations of probability
theory including qualitative and interval valued probabilities as
well as traditional point valued probabilities. Belief structures
and the dynamics of belief are also treated in detail. In Part II
the rapidly growing field of probabilistic causation is assessed
from both formal and empirical viewpoints. For probability
theorists, statisticians, economists, philosophers of science,
psychologists and those interested in the foundations of
mathematical social science. In Volume 2: Philosophy of Physics,
Theory Structure, and Measurement Theory, fifteen distinguished
philosophers and scientists cover a wide variety of topics. Part
III covers issues in quantum theory, geometry, classical mechanics,
and computational physics. Part IV explores Suppes's well known
set-theoretic account of scientific theories which has served him
well throughout his career. Suppes's contributions to measurement
theory have been widely used in mathematical psychology and
elsewhere, and this material is the subject of Part V. For
physicists, logicians, workers in mathematical social sicence, and
philosophers of science. In Volume 3: Philosophy of Language and
Logic, Learning and Action Theory, fourteen distinguished
philosophers and scientists explore issues in the philosophy of
language, logic, and philosophical psychology. Suppes's suggestions
that quantum theory requires a rethinking of classical logic form a
particularly sharp account of that controversial thesis, and Part
VI deals with this issue together with topics in the philosophy of
language and logic, including relational grammars and anaphora.
Part VII deals with issues in psychology, action theory, and
robotics, while Part VIII concludes with a general survey of
Suppes's views in the philosophy of science. A comprehensive
chronological and topical bibliography of Suppes's writings is
included in this volume. For philosophers of language, theoretical
linguists, logicians, workers in mathematical social sciences, and
philosophers of science.
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