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Measurement across the Sciences = Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement /

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Title/Author:	Measurement across the Sciences/ by Luca Mari, Mark Wilson, Andrew Maul.
Reminder of title:	Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement /
Author:	Mari, Luca.
other author:	Wilson, Mark.
Description:	XXXV, 279 p. 72 illus., 64 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Management. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65558-7
ISBN:	9783030655587

Measurement across the Sciences = Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement /
Mari, Luca.

Measurement across the SciencesDeveloping a Shared Concept System for Measurement /[electronic resource] :by Luca Mari, Mark Wilson, Andrew Maul. - 1st ed. 2021. - XXXV, 279 p. 72 illus., 64 illus. in color.online resource. - Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology,2198-7815. - Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology,.

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Motivation -- Chapter 2: Basic concepts in measurement -- Chapter 3: History of measurement -- Chapter 4: A historical overview of philosophical perspectives on measurement -- Part II: A new integrated concept system for measurement -- Chapter 5: A meta-structural understanding of measurement -- Chapter 6: An epistemology of measurement -- Chapter 7: Measurand definitions and definitional uncertainty -- Chapter 8: Measurement across the sciences -- Part III: Controversies and Issues -- Chapter 9: Measurement in psychology: the legacy of operationalism -- Chapter 10: Big data -- Chapter 11: The role of human beings within measurement -- Chapter 12: Scaling -- Part IV Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Prospects for the future.

This book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology. The authors, who themselves span these disciplines, argue that the justification of the public trust attributed to measurement results can in principle apply identically to both physical and psychosocial properties. They further argue that the lack of a common conceptualization of measurement hampers interdisciplinary communication and limits the ability to share knowledge. They advance their views by first surveying the conceptual history of the philosophy of measurement and arguing that classical, operationalist and representational perspectives on measurement each make important contributions but also each have important shortcomings. A synthesis is then offered as the foundation for a new conceptual framework. The authors describe how the framework, which operates as a shared concept system, supports understanding measurement’s work in different domains, using examples in the physical and human sciences. They consider connections and consequences with respect to causality, objectivity, and intersubjectivity, among other topics, and how measurement science concepts and issues are construed across these disciplines and settings. They also address contemporary issues and controversies within measurement in the light of the framework, including operationalism, definitional uncertainty, and the relations between measurement and computation. The book concludes with a justification for the basic claim that measurement is an empirical and informational process that produces explicitly justifiable information. Researchers and academics across a wide range of disciplines including biological, physical, social and behavioral scientists, as well as specialists in measurement and philosophy will appreciate the work’s fresh and provocative approach to the field at a time when sound measurements of complex scientific systems are increasingly essential to solving critical global problems.

ISBN: 9783030655587

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-65558-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

558618
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