History of Measurement Theory
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The history of Measurement Theory (MT) can be divided into two periods, the Formation Period and the Mature Theory, where Suppes’ foundational work marks the transition from one to the other. The first period consists of two different yet complementary research traditions: the work of Helmholtz, Hölder and Campbell on axiomatics and morphisms on one side, and the studies by Stevens and his school on scales, transformations and invariance on the other. These two lines converge in Suppes’ foundational paper “A set of independent axioms for extensive quantities”, with which the second, mature, period starts. After this foundational paper MT develops and expands in different ways until it reaches its canonic exposition in the three-volume summa Foundations of Measurement. Before delving into the history of MT, we begin with a clarification of some conceptual issues in order to elucidate the nature and goal of MT.
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