Lexington Books
Pages: 164
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4985-8299-5 • Hardback • November 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
Ferenc Csatári, PhD, is an independent scholar.
Contents
Introduction
1 Empiricism
2 Rules, Procedures, Reality
3 Scales and Structures
4 On the Hard Road of Practice
5 Construction and Truth
References
This book is a highly valuable contribution to the recently revitalized field of the philosophy of measurement. Ferenc Csatári gives an admirably clear exposition of key existing lines of work in the area, and a well-judged synthesis building up to an original perspective. He provides insightful commentary on various current issues concerning measurement in the social sciences, and generally recommends a moderate and reasonable constructivism. This new account of measurement deserves to be studied with care by experts and novices alike.
— Hasok Chang, Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
This book is an inspiring analysis developed through conceptual and historical trends, providing philosophical arguments in favor of a constructionist approach to measurement and spanning both physical and non-physical properties.
— Luca Mari, LIUC-Università Cattaneo