The aim of this series is to inform both professional philosophers and a larger readership (of social and natural scientists, methodologists, mathematicians, students, teachers, publishers, etc. ) about what is going on, who's who, and who does what in contemporary philosophy and logic. PROFILES is designed to present the research activity and the results of already outstanding personalities and schools and of newly emerging ones in the various fields of philosophy and logic. There are many Festschrift volumes dedicated to various philosophers. There is the celebrated Library of Living Philosophers edited by P. A. Schilpp whose format influenced the present enterprise. Still they can only cover very little of the contemporary philosophical scene. Faced with a tremenยญ dous expansion of philosophical information and with an almost frightenยญ ing division of labor and increasing specialization we need systematic and regular ways of keeping track of what happens in the profession. PROยญ FILES is intended to perform such a function. Each volume is devoted to one or several philosophers whose views and results are presented and discussed. The profiled philosopher(s) will summarize and review his (their) own work in the main fields of signifiยญ cant contribution. This work will be discussed and evaluated by invited contributors. Relevant historical and/or biographical data, an up-to-date bibliography with short abstracts of the most important works and, whenever possible, references to significant reviews and discussions will also be included
CONTENT
One -- Patrick Suppes A Self Profile -- Two -- Suppesโ Philosophy of Physics -- Suppesโ Contributions to the Theory of Measurement -- Suppes on Probability, Utility, and Decision Theory -- Suppesโ Contribution to Logic and Linguistic -- Suppesโ Work in the Foundations of Psychology -- Suppesโ Contribution to Education -- Patrick Suppes Replies -- Three -- Bibliography of Patrick Suppes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
