Thermoscopes, thermometers, and the foundations of measurement

By David Sherry. 2011

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Subfields: General Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science

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In General Psychology

1. David J. Hand
2. J. McGrane

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1. David J. Hand
2. J. McGrane

Citations in the corpus

• Stevens’ forgotten crossroads: the divergent measurement traditions in the physical and psychological sciences from the mid-twentieth century (2015, methodology): “, temperature (Sherry, 2011)] was theoretically and empirically fought for over decades, if not centuries.”
• Measurement: A Very Short Introduction—Rejoinder to discussion (2016, background): “I am grateful to Maul and McGrane for drawing my attention to the excellent article by Sherry (2011), who notes that “empirical tests .”