Outline of a general model of measurement

Synthese

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-149

  Frigerio, Aldo ^a   Giordani, Alessandro ^a   Mari, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intersubjectivity; Measurement; Measurement systems; Objectivity; Representational measurement theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955095354     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9466-3     Document Type: Article

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