Studies in the Methodology and Foundations of Science. Selected Papers from 1951 to 1969.

Language: English

Published by Dordrecht-Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1969

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XII, 473 p. Ex library, daher mit Bibliotheksstempel und Buchsignatur. Der Buchrücken ist lichtbedingt leicht ausgeblichen, der Einband ist leicht berieben, ansonsten ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / Formerly owned by a library, hence the library stamp and call number. The spine is slightly faded from exposure to light, and the cover shows slight wear; otherwise, this is a very good and clean copy with no markings. -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I: METHODOLOGY: MODELS AND MEASUREMENT -- 1. A Comparison of the Meaning and Uses of Models in Mathematics and the Empirical Sciences (1960) -- 2. Models of Data (1962) -- 3. A Set of Independent Axioms for Extensive Quantities (1951) -- 4. Foundational Aspects of Theories of Measurement (1958) (with Dana Scott) -- 5. Measurement, Empirical Meaningfulness, and Three-Valued Logic (1959) -- PART II: METHODOLOGY: PROBABILITY AND UTILITY -- 6. The Role of Subjective Probability and Utility in Decision- Making (1956) -- 7. The Philosophical Relevance of Decision Theory (1961) -- 8. An Axiomatization of Utility Based on the Notion of Utility Differences (1955) (with Muriel Winet) -- 9. Behavioristic Foundations of Utility (1961) -- 10. Some Formal Models of Grading Principles (1966) -- 11. Probabilistic Inference and the Concept of Total Evidence (1966) -- PART III: FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS -- 12. Axioms for Relativistic Kinematics with or without Parity (1959) -- 13. Probability Concepts in Quantum Mechanics (1961) -- 14. The Role of Probability in Quantum Mechanics (1963) -- 15. The Probabilistic Argument for a Nonclassical Logic of Quantum Mechanics (1966) -- PART IV: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY -- 16. Stimulus-Sampling Theory for a Continuum of Responses (1960) -- 17. On an Example of Unpredictability in Human Behavior (1964) -- 18. Behaviorism (1965) -- 19. On the Behavioral Foundations of Mathematical Concepts (1965) -- 20. Towards a Behavioral Foundation of Mathematical Proofs (1965) -- 21. The Psychological Foundations of Mathematics (1967) -- 22. On the Theory of Cognitive Processes (1966) -- 23. Stimulus-Response Theory of Finite Automata (1969) -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.

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Title
Studies in the Methodology and Foundations of Science. Selected Papers from 1951 to 1969.
Author
Suppes, Patrick:
Publisher
Dordrecht-Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company
Publication year
1969
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Hardcover.
Language
English
Item weight
250 grams
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