Theories of Meaningfulness

ISBN-13: 9780805840452 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 480 str.

Louis E. Narens

Opis

This work examines the basis for measurement - how to measure what we measure and the meaning of what we measure. The text suggests that empiricalness can be intersected with any other concepts to produce meaningful and empirical relations and empirical laws.

Recenzje

"...the book represents a formidable contribution to psychology where the discipline is taken to be a science on a par with physics, and hence in line with a historically strong position in psychology but one currently on the wane."
—British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

"In my opinion this is one of the most important volumes on the foundations of science to appear during my career, and I venture to guess that it will stimulate much critical discussion both at philosophical and scientific levels."
—R. Duncan Luce
University of California at Irvine

"This monograph may be a milestone of the 21st century because it examines so thoroughly the basis for measurement....The topic is one of the most fundamental in science but often not well understood by scientists themselves. It is a particularly important aspect of psychology and economics."
—Stephen Link
Visiting Scholar, University of California at San Diego

Spis treści

Contents: R.D. Luce, Foreword. Introduction and Historical Background. Intuitive Theories of Meaningfulness. Axiomatic Set Theory. Axiomatic Generalizations of the Erlanger Program. Representational Theory of Measurement. Intrinsicness. Qualitativeness. Meaningfulness and the Axiom of Choice.

O autorze

Louis Narens