num_pages: 200
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.
language: English
title: Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures
titlecomplete: Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures (Lecture Notes)
genres: Mathematics, Philosophy
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf