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Patrick Suppes contributions to the foundations of psychology all concern the development of psychology as a formal science. The aim is to develop formal theories that are conceptually clear and empirically testable in the spirit of theoretical work in the physical and biological sciences.
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Batchelder, W.H., Wexler, K. (1979). Suppes’ Work in the Foundations of Psychology. In: Bogdan, R.J. (eds) Patrick Suppes. Profiles, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9397-6_6
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