Rizza, Davide (2025) Measurement theory in the context of scientific enquiry. Synthese, 206. ISSN 0039-7857
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Abstract
The body of work on mathematical models of measurement known as `measurement theory' is not yet adequately understood from a philosophical standpoint. Recent evaluations of measurement theory (in this paper I focus on Heilmann (2015), Philippi (2021) and Tal (2021)) have dislocated it from the context of scientific enquiry, making it harder to appreciate its motivations and connection with experimental and theoretical work. This paper seeks to clarify what measurement theory is and does, offering a mathematically more nuanced account of its results than currently available in the philosophical literature.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Algebra, Number Theory, Logic, and Representations (ANTLR) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Philosophy |
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Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2025 08:30 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2025 08:30 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99878 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11229-025-05109-0 |
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