Given the common assumption that measurement plays an important role in the foundation of science, the paper analyzes the possibility that Measurement Science, and therefore measurement itself, can be properly founded. The realist and the representational positions are analyzed at this regards: the conclusion, that such positions unavoidably lead to paradoxical situations, opens the discussion for a new epistemology of measurement, whose characteristics and interpretation are sketched here but are still largely matter of investigation. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mari, L. P., The problem of foundations of measurement, <<MEASUREMENT>>, 2005; 38 (4): 259-266. [doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2005.09.006] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/337164]
The problem of foundations of measurement
Mari, Luca Paolo
2005
Abstract
Given the common assumption that measurement plays an important role in the foundation of science, the paper analyzes the possibility that Measurement Science, and therefore measurement itself, can be properly founded. The realist and the representational positions are analyzed at this regards: the conclusion, that such positions unavoidably lead to paradoxical situations, opens the discussion for a new epistemology of measurement, whose characteristics and interpretation are sketched here but are still largely matter of investigation. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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