REALISTS' VS. INSTRUMENTALISTS' UNDERSTANDING OF MEASUREMENT

Roman Z. Morawski

Abstract

The main idea of this paper is to analyse the consequences of the philosophical stance – and in particular of the understanding of truth underlying that stance – for the every-day language of measurement science.

Keywords

measurement science, philosophy of science, realism and instrumentalism

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TC7 - Measurement Science

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