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Studies in the Methodology and Foundations of Science

Selected Papers from 1951 to 1969

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  1. Patrick Suppes

    1. Stanford, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 22)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Methodology: Models and Measurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-9
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    2. A Comparison of the Meaning and Uses of Models in Mathematics and the Empirical Sciences

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 10-23

    3. Models of Data

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 24-35

    4. A Set of Independent Axioms for Extensive Quantities

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 36-45

    5. Foundational Aspects of Theories of Measurement

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 46-64

    6. Measurement, Empirical Meaningfulness, and Three-Valued Logic

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 65-80

  3. Methodology: Probability and Utility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-86
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    2. The Role of Subjective Probability and Utility in Decision-Making

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 87-104

    3. The Philosophical Relevance of Decision Theory

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 105-114

    4. An Axiomatization of Utility Based on the Notion of Utility Differences

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 115-129

    5. Behavioristic Foundations of Utility

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 130-147

    6. Some Formal Models of Grading Principles

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 148-169

    7. Probabilistic Inference and the Concept of Total Evidence

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 170-187

  4. Foundations of Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-193
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    2. Axioms for Relativistic Kinematics with or without Parity

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 194-211

    3. Probability Concepts in Quantum Mechanics

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 212-226

    4. The Role of Probability in Quantum Mechanics

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 227-242

    5. The Probabilistic Argument for a Nonclassical Logic of Quantum Mechanics

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 243-252

  5. Foundations of Psychology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-260
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About this book

The twenty-three papers collected in tbis volume represent an important part of my published work up to the date of this volume. I have not arranged the paper chronologically, but under four main headings. Part I contains five papers on methodology concerned with models and measurement in the sciences. This part also contains the first paper I published, 'A Set of Independent Axioms for Extensive Quantities', in Portugaliae Mathematica in 1951. Part 11 also is concerned with methodology and ineludes six papers on probability and utility. It is not always easy to separate papers on probability and utility from papers on measurement, because of the elose connection between the two subjects, but Artieles 6 and 8, even though they have elose relations to measurement, seem more properly to belong in Part 11, because they are concerned with substantive questions about probability and utility. The last two parts are concerned with the foundations of physics and the foundations of psychology. I have used the term foundations rather than philosophy, because the papers are mainly concerned with specific axiomatic formulations for particular parts of physics or of psychology, and it seems to me that the termfoundations more appropriately describes such constructive axiomatic ventures. Part 111 contains four papers on the foundations of physics. The first paper deals with foundations of special relativity and the last three with the role ofprobability in quantum mechanics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Stanford, USA

    Patrick Suppes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Studies in the Methodology and Foundations of Science

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Papers from 1951 to 1969

  • Authors: Patrick Suppes

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3173-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1969

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0020-9Published: 31 July 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8320-3Published: 30 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3173-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 475

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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