LEADER 05340nam 22007935 450 001 9910484948003321 005 20251113184127.0 010 $a3-030-65558-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-65558-7 035 $a(CKB)5590000000442516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6531671 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6531671 035 $a(OCoLC)1245590960 035 $a(PPN)25472258X 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-65558-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000442516 100 $a20210330d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMeasurement across the Sciences $eDeveloping a Shared Concept System for Measurement /$fby Luca Mari, Mark Wilson, Andrew Maul 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxv, 287 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSpringer Series in Measurement Science and Technology,$x2198-7815 311 08$a3-030-65557-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPart I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Motivation -- Chapter 2: Basic concepts in measurement -- Chapter 3: History of measurement -- Chapter 4: A historical overview of philosophical perspectives on measurement -- Part II: A new integrated concept system for measurement -- Chapter 5: A meta-structural understanding of measurement -- Chapter 6: An epistemology of measurement -- Chapter 7: Measurand definitions and definitional uncertainty -- Chapter 8: Measurement across the sciences -- Part III: Controversies and Issues -- Chapter 9: Measurement in psychology: the legacy of operationalism -- Chapter 10: Big data -- Chapter 11: The role of human beings within measurement -- Chapter 12: Scaling -- Part IV Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Prospects for the future. 330 $aThis book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology. The authors, who themselves span these disciplines, argue that the justification of the public trust attributed to measurement results can in principle apply identically to both physical and psychosocial properties. They further argue that the lack of a common conceptualization of measurement hampers interdisciplinary communication and limits the ability to share knowledge. They advance their views by first surveying the conceptual history of the philosophy of measurement and arguing that classical, operationalist and representational perspectives on measurement each make important contributions but also each have important shortcomings. A synthesis is then offered as the foundation for a new conceptual framework. The authors describe how the framework, which operates as a shared concept system, supports understanding measurement?s work in different domains, using examples in the physical and human sciences. They consider connections and consequences with respect to causality, objectivity, and intersubjectivity, among other topics, and how measurement science concepts and issues are construed across these disciplines and settings. They also address contemporary issues and controversies within measurement in the light of the framework, including operationalism, definitional uncertainty, and the relations between measurement and computation. The book concludes with a justification for the basic claim that measurement is an empirical and informational process that produces explicitly justifiable information. Researchers and academics across a wide range of disciplines including biological, physical, social and behavioral scientists, as well as specialists in measurement and philosophy will appreciate the work?s fresh and provocative approach to the field at a time whensound measurements of complex scientific systems are increasingly essential to solving critical global problems. 410 0$aSpringer Series in Measurement Science and Technology,$x2198-7815 606 $aSystem theory 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aSociology$xMethodology 606 $aMeasurement 606 $aMeasuring instruments 606 $aPsychometrics 606 $aManagement 606 $aComplex Systems 606 $aPhilosophy of Science 606 $aSociological Methods 606 $aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation 606 $aPsychometrics 606 $aManagement 615 0$aSystem theory. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aSociology$xMethodology. 615 0$aMeasurement. 615 0$aMeasuring instruments. 615 0$aPsychometrics. 615 0$aManagement. 615 14$aComplex Systems. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Science. 615 24$aSociological Methods. 615 24$aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation. 615 24$aPsychometrics. 615 24$aManagement. 676 $a501 700 $aMari$b Luca$067783 702 $aWilson$b Mark$f1954 August 23- 702 $aMaul$b Andrew 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484948003321 996 $aMeasurement across the sciences$92541394 997 $aUNINA