Representation & Invariance of Scientific Structures: Problems of Representation and Invariance (Lecture Notes) - Hardcover

Suppes, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1575863332 ISBN 13: 9781575863337

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 - distinguished philosopher Patrick Suppes's groundbreaking and essential text - 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.

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About the Author

Patrick Suppes is the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Stanford University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575863332
• ISBN 13: 9781575863337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200