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Basic Concepts of Measurement

by Brian Ellis

  • Paperback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.2 x 20.4 x 1.4 cm

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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.
Basic Concepts of Measurement and The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism
The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New EssentialismBasic Concepts of Measurement

  • Author

    Brian Ellis

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    October 1968

  • Weight

    255g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 20.4 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521095563

  • ISBN-10

    0521095565

  • Eden Code

    4574716

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