An attempt to interpret some problems in measurement science on the basis of Kuhn's theory of paradigms

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 512-521

  Rossi, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Measurement science; Measurement theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

EPISTEMOLOGY; MEASUREMENT MODEL; MEASUREMENT SCIENCE;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 33646672915     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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