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Measurement, Realism and Objectivity

Essays on Measurement in the Social and Physical Sciences

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. John Forge

    1. School of Science, Griffith University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (AUST, volume 5)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Ontology of Intelligence

    • James R. Flynn
    Pages 1-40

  3. Quantum Measurement and Bell’s Theorem

    • Henry Krips
    Pages 41-58

  4. Qualified Quantities: Towards an Arithmetic of Real Experience

    • S. O. Funtowicz, J. R. Ravetz
    Pages 59-88

  5. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory and Time: A Case Study in Problems of Coherence in the Measurement of Geological Time (The ‘KBS’ Tuff Controversy and the Dating of Rocks in the Turkana Basin, Kenya)

    • David R. Oldroyd
    Pages 89-152

  6. Einstein, The Hole Argument and the Reality of Space

    • John Norton
    Pages 153-188

  7. Measurement and Objectivity: Some Problems of Energy Technology

    • Ian Lowe
    Pages 189-206

  8. Freudian Forces

    • Robert McLaughlin
    Pages 207-233

  9. The Metaphysics of Measurement

    • Chris Swoyer
    Pages 235-290

  10. On Ellis’ Theory of Quantities

    • John Forge
    Pages 291-310

  11. Comments on Swoyer and Forge

    • D. M. Armstrong
    Pages 311-317

  12. Comments on Forge and Swoyer

    • Brian Ellis
    Pages 319-325

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 327-347
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About this book

The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appoint­ ments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia and in New Zealand. "Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science" aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. Papers address general issues, however, rather than local ones; parochial topics are avoided. Further­ more, though in each volume a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand, contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out. Quite the reverse, in fact - they are actively encour­ aged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Science, Griffith University, Australia

    John Forge

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Measurement, Realism and Objectivity

  • Book Subtitle: Essays on Measurement in the Social and Physical Sciences

  • Editors: John Forge

  • Series Title: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3919-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2542-4Due: 31 October 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8238-9Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3919-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1871-7381

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1958

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 372

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, History, general

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