Material Type  

 단행본

 

n852757709

Date and Time of Latest Transaction  

20150319111310.0

ISBN  

9781134758661 (electronic bk.)

ISBN  

1134758669 (electronic bk.)

LC Callnumber  

QC39

DDC  

530.1/6-20

Author  

Savage, C. Wade.

Title/Author  

Philosophical and Foundational Issues in Measurement Theory - [electronic resource]

Publish Info  

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

Material Info  

1 online resource (241 pages)

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용Cover; PHILOSOPHICAL AND FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN MEASUREMENT THEORY; Copyright; Contents; About the Contributors; 1 A Brief Introduction to Measurement Theory and to the Essays; 2 Intrinsic Archimedeanness and the Continuum; 3 Qualitative Axioms for Random-Variable Representation of Extensive Quantities; 4 On the EmpiricaI Status of Measurement Axioms: The Case of Subjective Probability; 5 Measuring Errors of Measurement; 6 The Structuralist View of Measurement: An Extension of Received Measurement Theories; 7 Synthetic Physics and Nominalist Realism.

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용8 Quantitative Nonnumerical Relations in Science: Eudoxus, Newton, and Maxwell9 Conventionalism in Measurement Theory; 10 Are There Objective Grounds for Measurement Procedures?; 11 Measurement from Empiricist and Realist Points of View; Author Index; Subject Index.

Abstracts/Etc  

요약Measurement theory has only recently become recognized as a legitimate, specialized field of inquiry. This text covers a wide range of issues of central concern to contemporary measurement theorists, and a broad range of philosophical perspectives are represented. The formalist, representationalist approach defines measurement as the assignment of numbers to entities and events to represent their properties and relations. It also states that measurement theory is supposed to analyze the concept of a scale of measurement, describe various types of scales and their uses, and formulate the condit.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Physical measurements

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

SCIENCE Energy.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

SCIENCE Mechanics General.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

SCIENCE Physics General.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Physical measurements.

Added Entry-Personal Name  

Ehrlich, Philip.

Additional Physical Form Entry  

Print versionSavage, C. Wade. Philosophical and Foundational Issues in Measurement Theory. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780805807264

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