Representation And Invariance Of Scientific Structures
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Author |
: Patrick Suppes |
Publisher |
: Stanford Univ Center for the Study |
Total Pages |
: 536 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1575863332 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781575863337 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures by : Patrick 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.
Author |
: Frederick Suppe |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 854 |
Release |
: 1977 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0252006348 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780252006340 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Structure of Scientific Theories by : Frederick Suppe
''A clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary philosophy of science.'' -- American Scientist ''The best account of scientific theory now available, one that surely commends itself to every philosopher of science with the slightest interest in metaphysics.'' -- Review of Mathematics ''It should certainly be of interest to those teaching graduate courses in philosophy of science and to scientists wishing to gain a further appreciation of the approach used by philosophers of science.'' -- Science Activities
Author |
: Maria C. Galavotti |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2006-03-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1402041004 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781402041006 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cambridge and Vienna by : Maria C. Galavotti
The Institute Vienna Circle held a conference in Vienna in 2003, Cambridge and Vienna – Frank P. Ramsey and the Vienna Circle, to commemorate the philosophical and scientific work of Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930). This Ramsey conference provided not only historical and biographical perspectives on one of the most gifted thinkers of the Twentieth Century, but also new impulses for further research on at least some of the topics pioneered by Ramsey, whose interest and potential are greater than ever. Ramsey did pioneering work in several fields, practitioners of which rarely know of his important work in other fields: philosophy of logic and theory of language, foundations of mathematics, mathematics, probability theory, methodology of science, philosophy of psychology, and economics. There was a focus on the one topic which was of strongest mutual concern to Ramsey and the Vienna Circle, namely the question of foundations of mathematics, in particular the status of logicism. Although the major scientific connection linking Ramsey with Austria is his work on logic, to which the Vienna Circle dedicated several meetings, certainly the connection which is of greater general interest concerns Ramsey's visits and discussions with Wittgenstein. Ramsey was the only important thinker to actually visit Wittgenstein during his school-teaching career in Puchberg and Ottertal in the 1920s, in Lower Austria; and later, Ramsey was instrumental in getting Wittgenstein positions at Cambridge.
Author |
: Hsiang-Ke Chao |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2020-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134230198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134230192 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Representation and Structure in Economics by : Hsiang-Ke Chao
This book provides a methodological perspective on understanding the essential roles of econometric models in the theory and practice. Offering a comprehensive and comparative exposition of the accounts of models in both econometrics and philosophy of science, this work shows how econometrics and philosophy of science are interconnected while exploring the methodological insight of econometric modelling that can be added to modern philosophical thought. The notion of structure is thoroughly discussed throughout the book. The studies of the consumption function of Trygve Haavelmo, Richard Stone, Milton Friedman, David Hendry and Robert Lucas are taken as the case studies to investigate their methodological implications of model and structure. In addition to the semantic view of the scientific theories, various philosophical accounts concerning scientific models are used to shed light on the methodological nature of these consumption studies in economics. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of methodology of economics and econometrics as well as anyone interested in the philosophy of science in an economic context.
Author |
: Steven French |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 413 |
Release |
: 2014-01-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191507724 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191507725 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Structure of the World by : Steven French
In The Structure of the World, Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that there are no objects. At the most fundamental level, modern physics presents us with a world of structures and making sense of that view is the central aim of the increasingly widespread position known as structural realism. Drawing on contemporary work in metaphysics and philosophy of science, as well as the 'forgotten' history of structural realism itself, French attempts to further ground and develop this position. He argues that structural realism offers the best way of balancing our need to accommodate the results of modern science with our desire to arrive at an appropriately informed understanding of the world that science presents to us. Covering not only the realism-antirealism debate, the nature of representation, and the relationship between metaphysics and science, The Structure of the World defends a form of eliminativism about objects that sets laws and symmetry principles at the heart of ontology. In place of a world of microscopic objects banging into one another and governed by the laws of physics, it offers a world of laws and symmetries, on which determinate physical properties are dependent. In presenting this account, French also tackles the distinction between mathematical and physical structures, the nature of laws, and causality in the context of modern physics, and he concludes by exploring the extent to which structural realism can be extended into chemistry and biology.
Author |
: Mauricio Suarez |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2024 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226830049 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226830047 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Inference and Representation by : Mauricio Suarez
"Mauricio Suárez develops a conception of representation that delivers a compelling account of modeling practice. He begins by discussing the history and methodology of model building, helpfully charting the emergence of what he calls the modeling attitude, a nineteenth century and fin de siècle development. Throughout the book, prominent cases of models, both historical and contemporary, are used as benchmarks for the accounts of representation considered throughout the book. After arguing against reductive naturalist theories of scientific representation, Suárez sets out his own account: a case for pluralism regarding the means of representation and minimalism regarding its constituents. He shows that scientists employ a plurality of different modeling relations in their representational practice - which also help them to assess the accuracy of their representations - while demonstrating that there is nothing metaphysically deep about the constituent relation that encompasses all these diverse means. The book also probes the broad implications of Suárez's inferential conception outside scientific modeling itself, covering analogies with debates about artistic representation over the past several decades, as well as the consequences for epistemology of adopting an inferential conception of representation. His inferential conception is neutral between realism and instrumentalism, and he illustrates this by looking at, and briefly taking issue with, the epistemology of some of the most widely discussed philosophers in the literature"--
Author |
: Colleen Crangle |
Publisher |
: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1575867443 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781575867441 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Foundations and Methods from Mathematics to Neuroscience by : Colleen Crangle
During his long and continuing scholarly career, Patrick Suppes contributed significantly both to the sciences and to their philosophies. The volume consists of papers by an international group of Suppes colleagues, collaborators, and students in many of the areas of his expertise, building on or adding to his insights. Michael Friedman offers an overview of Suppes accomplishments and of his unique perspective on the relation between science and philosophy. Paul Humphreys, Stephen Hartmann, and Tom Ryckman present essays in the philosophy of physics. Jens-Erik Fenstad, Harvey Friedman, and Jaako Hintikka consider problems in the foundations of mathematics, while the late Duncan Luce, Jean-Claude Falmagne, Brian Skyrms, and Hannes Leitgeb have contributed essays in theory of measurement, decision theory and probability. Foundations of economics and political theory are addressed by Adolfo Garcia de la Sienra, Russell Hardin, and Kenneth Arrow. Psychology, language, and philosophy of language are addressed by Elizabeth Loftus, Anne Fagot-Largeault, Willem Levelt, Dagfinn Follesdal, and Marcos Perreau-Guimares and some of Suppes most recent research in neurobiology is addressed in essays by Colleen Crangle, Acadio de Barros and Claudio Carvalhes. Finally Nancy Cartwright and Alexandre Marcelles consider the alignment (or misalignment) of method and policy. Each of the essays is accompanied by a response from Suppes."
Author |
: Roberta Ferrario |
Publisher |
: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1575866528 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781575866529 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Formal Methods and Empirical Practices by : Roberta Ferrario
The philosopher Patrick Suppes has developed a unique and influential approach to studying the foundations of science - he combines an understanding of the main principles of scientific theories in axiomatic terms and formal models with a hands-on approach. This book searches for a common thread in Suppes' multifaceted work.
Author |
: Kevin Scharp |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2013-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199653850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199653852 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Replacing Truth by : Kevin Scharp
Kevin Scharp proposes an original account of the nature and logic of truth, on which truth is an inconsistent concept that should be replaced for certain theoretical purposes. He argues that truth is best understood as an inconsistent concept; develops an axiomatic theory of truth; and offers a new kind of possible-worlds semantics for this theory.
Author |
: Paul Humphreys |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 945 |
Release |
: 2016-08-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199368822 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199368821 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science by : Paul Humphreys
This handbook provides both an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in philosophy of science, as well as a guide to new directions in the discipline. Section I contains broad overviews of the main lines of research and the state of established knowledge in six principal areas of the discipline, including computational, physical, biological, psychological and social sciences, as well as general philosophy of science. Section II covers what are considered to be the traditional topics in the philosophy of science, such as causation, probability, models, ethics and values, and explanation. Section III identifies new areas of investigation that show promise of becoming important areas of research, including the philosophy of astronomy and astrophysics, data, complexity theory, neuroscience, simulations, post-Kuhnian philosophy, post-empiricist epistemology, and emergence. Most chapters are accessible to scientifically educated non-philosophers as well as to professional philosophers, and the contributors - all leading researchers in their field -- bring diverse perspectives from the North American, European, and Australasian research communities. This volume is an essential resource for scholars and students.