P Stephen
ABSTRACT
(b. 1922, Tulsa, OK) is an who has made significant contributions to , theory of , foundations of , , , and . Suppes initially graduated in meteorology from the University of Chicago, and was stationed at the Solomon Islands during WWII. After the war, he received a degree from , where he was a student of . In 1952 he went to , and from 1959 to 1992 he was the director of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS). He is now the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stanford. In the 1960s, Suppes and (the future president of the ) conducted experiments in using computers to teach math and reading to schoolchildren in the area. Stanford's and Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC, now named Pearson Education Technologies) is an indirect descendant of those early experiments. In 1965 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his work on mathematical psychology. In 1990, Suppes was awarded the prestigious by President George H. W. Bush. In 1994 he was inducted as a of the . He is the laureate of the 2003 for his contributions to the philosophy of science.