Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)

By Patrick C. Suppes

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575863332
• ISBN13: 9781575863337
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"