Representational measurement theory: Is its number up?

• Published in: Theory & psychology Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 3 - 23
• Main Author: Michell, Joel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2021; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: 19th century; Mathematicians; Measurement; Psychology; numbers; realism; representational theory; Stevens; Suppes

Representational measurement theory was proposed initially to solve problems caused by disciplinary aspirations of 19th-century mathematicians, who wanted to construe their subject as independent of its applications in empirical science. Half a century later, S. S. Stevens seized the opportunity pro...