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Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures

By Patrick Suppes

Book information

Publisher
CSLI Publications
Year
2002
ISBN
1575863332, 9781575863337
LCC
Q175 .S93945\t2001
Google Books ID
NH-GPwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7912091 bytes)
Series
Center for the Study of Language and Information - CSLI Lecture Notes 130
Edition
1
Pages
556\556
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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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