Frederick Suppe is a professor Emeritus of philosophy

Philosophy

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 at the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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. He has prominent work in the philosophy of science

Philosophy of science

The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...

 including much work with the semantic view of theories

Semantic view of theories

The semantic view of theories is a position in the philosophy of science that holds that a scientific theory can be identified with a collection of models...

. Since 2000, he teaches as Professor of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

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, since 2002 he is also chair of the Department.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 and has research interests in the philosophy of science, epistemology and metaphysics

Metaphysics

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, philosophical theology

Theology

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 and philosophy of gender.

His notable works on the semantic view of theories include Suppe, Frederick, ed. (1977), The Structure of Scientific Theories. and (1989), The Semantic Conception of Theories and Scientific Realism.

The spelling of his name is very close to that of a different philosopher Patrick Suppes

Patrick Suppes

Patrick Colonel Suppes is an American philosopher who has made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology, and educational technology...

who also did prominent work in the philosophy of science and on the semantic view of theories, in particular.