Suppes Patrick 1922 (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 121 pp. Original cloth. Very Good+. 'A technical study attempting a behavioristic solution to independently measure subjective probability and utility using simple one-person games.' With Davidson's pencil signature, 'Davidson / Grasmere, S.I.' 'Donald Herbert Davidson was born on March 6, 1917, in Springfield, Massachusetts to Grace Cordelia (née Anthony) and Clarence 'Davie' Herbert Davidson. His family moved around frequently during his childhood; they lived in the Philippines until he was four, and then in various cities in the Northeastern United States before finally settling in Staten Island when he was nine. He briefly attended a public school in Staten Island before receiving a scholarship to study at Staten Island Academy. He first became interested in philosophy while in high school, where he read works by Nietzsche, Plato's Parmenides, and Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.". Signed by Author(s). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presentation copy of the First Edition, inscribed by Suppes to his colleague and collaborator Donald Davidson. 130 pp. Original wrappers. Small tear at heel of spine, else Very Good. Scarce. With a few pencil marks, probably by Davidson. Acta Philosophica Fennica Fascicule XXIV, 1970. Inscribed: 'To Don/with/best regards/as well as thanks/for the several/useful comments/Pat'. See pages 44 and 92 for Davidson. 'Donald Davidson has put to me the good question of how to explain that the relation of causality, as it involves probability, is different from the geometrical relation of one object being on top of another, for example' (p. 44, whose corner is dogeared -- by Davidson?). 'One popular approach to causation, the probabilistic or chance raising theory, takes causation to hold between two events only if the occurrence of one event, the cause, makes the probability of the other, the effect, much greater than it would otherwise be. [Note: In philosophy this sort of theory is usually attributed to Suppes' influential book A Probabilistic Theory of Causality, (1970).]' (please ask for on-line source). Signed by Author(s).…

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1959 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 76 Language: English Volume v.2 Pages: 76 Volume v.2.…