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Axioms of a Theory of Discrimination Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Frank Restle
Frank Restle*
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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Abstract

Analysis of an empirical theory into a formal system with specified primitive notions and axioms has the advantage of making it clear what deductions from the theory are permissible, and clarifying the internal structure of the theory. An example of such analysis is presented in this paper.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1955 , pp. 201 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © 1955 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This paper is adapted from part of a Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology, Stanford University, in November 1953. The author wishes to express his appreciation to Dr. Patrick Suppes, who guided the analysis reported in this paper. The author is now with the Human Resources Research Office, The George Washington University.

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