Journal article
Measurement, coordination, and the relativized a priori
Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, v 52, pp 123-128
Nov 2015
Abstract
The problem of measurement is a central issue in the epistemology and methodology of the physical sciences. In recent literature on scientific representation, large emphasis has been put on the “constitutive role” played by measurement procedures as forms of representation. Despite its importance, this issue hardly finds any mention in writings on constitutive principles, viz. in Michael Friedman׳s account of relativized a priori principles. This issue, instead, was at the heart of Reichenbach׳s analysis of coordinating principles that has inspired Friedman׳s interpretation. This paper suggests that these procedures should have a part in an account of constitutive principles of science, and that they could be interpreted following the intuition originally present (but ultimately not fully developed) in Reichenbach׳s early work.
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- Title
- Measurement, coordination, and the relativized a priori
- Creators
- Flavia Padovani - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, v 52, pp 123-128
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000367775200003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84930860108
- Other Identifier
- 991019169567804721
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- History & Philosophy Of Science
- Physics, Multidisciplinary