The paper looks at measurement as a basic tool of modern thought, with wide applications. It presents an informal overview of the fundamental principles of measurement and examines some of its general problems. It concludes that measurement and control technology has much to contribute to wider applications of measurement and much to learn from them.
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An introduction to the theory and philosophy of measurement with a bibliography is given in:.
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FinkelsteinL., Introduction to Measurement Theory and Philosophy, in SydenhamP.H.ThornR. (Editors), Handbook of Measuring System Design, Chichester2005John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 45–47.
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A more formal presentation is given in:.
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FinkelsteinL., Foundational Problems of Measurement, in KariyaK.FinkelsteinL. (Editors), Measurement Science — A Discussion, Amsterdam2000, Ohmsha Press, pp. 13–21.
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Wider concepts of measurement and a bibliography are presented in:.
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FinkelsteinL., Problems of measurement in soft systems, Measurement38, 2005, pp. 267–274.
