Representation, Evidence, and Justification: Themes from Suppes

✍ Scribed by Michael Frauchiger (editor); Wilhelm K. Essler (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 187
• Series: Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy; 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This anthology assembles original contributions by leading analytical philosophers to a broad range of topics on which Suppes has set out ideas which still point the way ahead. All the papers included were originally given at the 1st International Lauener Symposium on Analytical Philosophy, which accompanied the Presentation of the first Lauener Prize to Patrick Suppes. His detailed commentaries on each of the revised articles as well as the added interview elicit a spirit of constructive academic conversation.
 
The book joins together contributions by Patrick Suppes, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Nancy Cartwright, Wilhelm K. Essler, Steven French, Stephan Hartmann, and Michael Frauchiger. The collection as a whole puts a different and stimulating perspective on a variety of issues in the methodology of science and philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
General Foreword
Preface
Laudatio for Prof. Dr. Patrick SuppesLauener Prize winner 2004Dagfinn Føllesdal∗
A Revised Agenda for Philosophyof Mind (and Brain)Patrick Suppes
The Emergence of Justification in Ethics1Dagfinn Føllesdal
Comment on Føllesdal’s“The Emergence of Justification in Ethics”Patrick Suppes
The World and the WorldsWilhelm K. Essler
Comment on Essler’s“The World and the Worlds”Patrick Suppes∗
In Praise of The Representation TheoremNancy Cartwright
Comment on Cartwright’s “In Praise of TheRepresentation Theorem”Patrick Suppes
Modeling in Philosophy of ScienceStephan Hartmann
Comment on Hartmann’s“Modeling in Philosophy of Science”Patrick Suppes
Symmetry, Invariance and Reference‡Steven French
Comment on French’s“Symmetry, Invariance and Reference”Patrick Suppes
Interview with Patrick Suppesby Michael Frauchiger
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