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Measurement in Psychology - A Critical History of a Methodological Concept (Paperback, Revised)
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Measurement in Psychology - A Critical History of a Methodological Concept (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Ideas in Context
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This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement
proved so debatable when it collided with the subject matter of
psychology. This book addresses philosophical and social influences
(such as scientism, practicalism, and Pythagoreanism) reshaping the
concept of measurement and identifies a fundamental problem at the
core of this reshaping: the issue of whether psychological
attributes really are quantitative. The author argues that the idea
of measurement now endorsed within psychology actually subverts
attempts to establish a genuinely quantitative science, and he
urges a new direction. This volume relates views on measurement by
thinkers such as Holder, Russell, Campbell, and Nagel to earlier
views, like those of Euclid and Oresme. Within the history of
psychology, it considers contributions by Fechner, Cattell,
Thorndike, Stevens and Suppes, among others. It also contains a
nontechnical exposition of conjoint measurement theory and recent
foundational work by leading measurement theorist R. Duncan Luce.
This thought-provoking book will be particularly valued by
researchers in the fields of psychological history and philosophy
of science.
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