Patrick Suppes | |
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Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, US | March 17, 1922
Died | November 17, 2014 | (aged 92)
Alma mater | University of Chicago (B.S, Meteorology, 1943) Columbia University (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1950) |
Awards | National Medal of Science (1990) Lauener Prize (2004) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic Scientific structuralism Stanford School[1] |
Doctoral advisor | Ernest Nagel |
Doctoral students | Thomas W. Malone Paul W. Holland |
Main interests | Philosophy of science Foundations of quantum mechanics Foundations of neuroscience Foundations of probability and measurement Theories of learning |
Notable ideas | Theory structures as set-theoretic predicates Semantic view of theories |
Patrick Colonel Suppes (/ˈsuːpiːz/; March 17, 1922 – November 17, 2014) was an American philosopher who made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology and educational technology. He was the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and until January 2010 was the Director of the Education Program for Gifted Youth also at Stanford.