Basic Concepts of Measurement - Hardcover

Ellis, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521048893 ISBN 13: 9780521048897

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1966

Synopsis

The nature of measurement is a topic of central concern in the philosophy of science and, indeed, measurement is the essential link between science and mathematics. Professor Ellis's book, originally published in 1966, is the first general exposition of the philosophical and logical principles involved in measurement since N. R. Campbell's Principles of Measurement and Calculation (1928), and P. W. Bridgman's Dimensional Analysis (1931). Professor Ellis writes from an empiricist standpoint. His object is to distinguish and define the basic concepts in measurement, for example: scale, quantity, unit. dimension, number and probability. He discusses the problem of classifying scales of measurement and the special logical problems associated with each kind of scale. A translation of mach's Critique on the Concept of Temperature, which gives his views on the nature of measurement more fully than in any of his other works, is given as an appendix.

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Book Description

The nature of measurement is a topic of central concern in the philosophy of science and, indeed, measurement is the essential link between science and mathematics. Professor Ellis's book, originally published in 1966, was the first general exposition of the philosophical and logical principles involved in measurement since 1931.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521048893
• ISBN 13: 9780521048897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 230