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SUMMARY:The philosophical significance of the Representational Theory of M
 easurement: RTM as semantic foundations - Jo Wolff (University of Edinburg
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:The Representational Theory of Measurement (RTM)\, especially 
 the canonical three volume _Foundations of Measurement_ by Krantz et al.\,
  is a landmark accomplishment in our understanding of measurement. Despite
  this\, it has been far from easy to pinpoint what exactly we can learn ab
 out measurement from RTM\, and who the target audience for RTM's formal re
 sults should be. In what sense does RTM provide foundations of measurement
 \, and what is the philosophical significance of such foundations? I argue
  that RTM provides _semantic foundations_ of measurement and that their ph
 ilosophical significance lies in a shift towards structural representation
 . This argument concedes much ground to recent critics of RTM as epistemic
  foundations\, but defends RTM as a foundational theory of measurement\, n
 onetheless.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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