Patrick Suppes
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March 17, 1922 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Died | November 17, 2014 (aged 92) Stanford, California |
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University of Oklahoma University of Chicago University of Tulsa |
| Awards | National Medal of Science (1990) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
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Analytic Scientific structuralism |
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Philosophy of science Foundations of quantum mechanics Foundations of neuroscience Foundations of probability and measurement Theories of learning |
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Notable ideas
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Theory structures as set-theoretic predicates |
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Patrick Colonel Suppes (/ˈsʊpɪs/; 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.
Suppes was born on March 17, 1922, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He grew up as an only child, later with a half brother George who was born in 1943 after Patrick had entered the army. His grandfather, C.E. Suppes, had moved to Oklahoma from Ohio. Suppes' father and grandfather were independent oil men. His mother died when he was a young boy. He was raised by his stepmother, who married his father before he was six years old. His parents did not have much formal education.
Suppes began college at the University of Oklahoma in 1939, but transferred to the University of Chicago in his second year, citing boredom with intellectual life in Oklahoma as his primary motivation. In his third year, at the insistence of his family, Suppes attended the University of Tulsa, majoring in physics, before entering the Army Reserves in 1942. In 1943 he returned to the University of Chicago and graduated with a B.S. in meteorology, and was stationed shortly thereafter at the Solomon Islands to serve during World War II.
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