Abstract

This anthology assembles original contributions by leadinganalytical philosophers to a broad range of topics on whichSuppes set out ideas which still point the way ahead. All the papersincluded were originally given at the 1st International LauenerSymposium on Analytical Philosophy, which accompanied the Presentationof the first Lauener Prize to Patrick Suppes. His detailedcommentaries on each of the revised articles as well as the addedinterview elicit a spirit of constructive academic conversation.The book joins together contributions by Patrick Suppes, DagfinnFllesdal, Nancy Cartwright, Wilhelm K. Essler, Steven French,Stephan Hartmann, and Michael Frauchiger. The collection as awhole puts a different and stimulating perspective on a varietyof issues in the methodology of science and philosophy.