A fundamental reason for using formal methods in the philosophy of science is the desirability of having a fixed frame of reference that may be used to organize the variety of doctrines at hand. This book--Patrick Suppes's major work, and the result of several decades of research--examines how set-theoretical methods provide such a framework, covering issues of axiomatic method, representation, invariance, probability, mechanics, and language, including research on brain-wave representations of words and sentences. This is ...
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A fundamental reason for using formal methods in the philosophy of science is the desirability of having a fixed frame of reference that may be used to organize the variety of doctrines at hand. This book--Patrick Suppes's major work, and the result of several decades of research--examines how set-theoretical methods provide such a framework, covering issues of axiomatic method, representation, invariance, probability, mechanics, and language, including research on brain-wave representations of words and sentences. This is a groundbreaking, essential text from a distinguished philosopher.
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Add this copy of Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures to cart. $160.00, very good condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by CSLI Publications, Stanford.
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2001, Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
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Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
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Very good in Very good jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed and worn on edges, but text and images are clear and bright. Cover is bumped on corners. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Add this copy of Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures to cart. $175.00, like new condition, Sold by La Playa Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Center for the Study of Language and Information.
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2001, Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
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Used-fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. Inscribed 'to Dick' (Richard C. Atkinson). Suppes and Atkinson (the future president of the University of California) 'worked on experiments to use computers for teaching math and reading to young children in Palo Alto elementary schools. The Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford is a descendent of those early experiments. ' Dj now protected in removable mylar.
