Suppes on Grice

Speranza

Reference:

Suppes, in P. G. R. I. C. E. -- "Philosophical Grounds of Rationality: Intentions, Categories, Ends"

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Patrick Suppes Patrick Suppes was the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy at Stanford.   Suppes was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1962), the American Psychological Association (1964) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968), a member of the National Academy of Education (1965), National Academy of Sciences (1978), and a member of the American Philosophical Society (1991).   Among his awards were the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Columbia University Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service (1978) and the National Medal of Science (1990). Suppes, like Grice, was a President of the Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association (1972-73). He was also a president of the American Educational Research Association (1973-74), National Academy of Education (1973-77), and International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (1976, 1978). Suppes received his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and his doctor's degree from Columbia University. Suppes met Grice during the "Hands-Across-The-Bay" programme. (Grice was Immanuel Kant lecturer at Stanford) Suppes published widely in philosophy and the social sciences, especially in psychology and education -- and of course our favourite of his essays is his contribution to P. G. R. I. C. E. (Clarendon Press), short for: "Philosophical Grounds of Rationality: Intentions, Categories, Ends."

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