Book ID: CBB001422484

Standardization in Measurement: Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues (2015)

unapi

Schlaudt, Oliver (Editor)
Huber, Lara (Editor)


Pickering & Chatto


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 272 pp.; notes; index
Language: English

The application of standard measurement is a cornerstone of modern science. In this collection of essays, standardization of procedure, units of measurement and the epistemology of standardization are addressed by specialists from sociology, history and the philosophy of science. This collaborative approach marks an end to the `science wars' by presenting a positive outlook for the direction of future research.

...More
Includes Chapters

Chapter Sébastien Plutniak (2015) Refrain from standards? French, Cavemen and Computers: A (short) story of Multidimensional Analysis in French Prehistoric Archaeology. In: Standardization in Measurement: Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues (pp. 39-52). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB001422484/

Similar Citations

Article Carmen Giunta; (2019)
Watt’s in a name? Units of power and energy (/isis/citation/CBB784542822/)

Article Quale, Andreas; (2011)
On the Role of Mathematics in Physics (/isis/citation/CBB001032754/)

Article Schliesser, Eric; (2013)
Newtonian Emanation, Spinozism, Measurement and the Baconian Origins of the Laws of Nature (/isis/citation/CBB001320864/)

Book Rickles, Dean; (2008)
The Ashgate Companion to Philosophy of Physics (/isis/citation/CBB001024230/)

Article Axel Philipps; Laura Paruschke; (2024)
Inside regular lab meetings: The social construction of a research team and ideas in optical physics (/isis/citation/CBB883110171/)

Thesis Badia, Lynn Ann; (2014)
A Universe of Forces: Energy in Early Twentieth-Century Theory and Literature (/isis/citation/CBB001567589/)

Book Michael S. Brady; Miranda Fricker; (2016)
The Epistemic Life of Groups: Essays in the Epistemology of Collectives (/isis/citation/CBB225136327/)

Book Susann Wagenknecht; (2016)
A Social Epistemology of Research Groups (/isis/citation/CBB612709257/)

Article David R. Cerbone; (2019)
Essay review: Social epistemology meets Heideggerian ontology (/isis/citation/CBB326338724/)

Book J. Adam Carter; Andy Clark; Jesper Kallestrup; S. Orestis Palermos; Duncan Pritchard; (2018)
Socially Extended Epistemology (/isis/citation/CBB151769753/)

Article Adrian Currie; (2019)
Creativity, conservativeness & the social epistemology of science (/isis/citation/CBB708264324/)

Article Nora Hangel; Christopher ChoGlueck; (2023)
On the pursuitworthiness of qualitative methods in empirical philosophy of science (/isis/citation/CBB960529736/)

Article Marina DiMarco; Kareem Khalifa; (2022)
Sins of inquiry: How to criticize scientific pursuits (/isis/citation/CBB330185494/)

Article Morris-Reich, Amos; (2013)
Anthropology, Standardization and Measurement: Rudolf Martin and Anthropometric Photography (/isis/citation/CBB001320136/)

Article Jayson, Joel S.; (2014)
The Daniell cell, Ohm's law, and the emergence of the International System of Units (/isis/citation/CBB001202178/)

Article Turner, Gerard L'E.; (2007)
Standardization of Measurement in Microscopy, 1665--1865 (/isis/citation/CBB000831648/)

Authors & Contributors
Baedke, Jan
Buklijas, Tatjana
Clark, Andy
Giunta, Carmen J.
Kershaw, Michael
Khalifa, Kareem
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
American Journal of Physics
British Journal for the History of Science
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society
Foundations of Science
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Ashgate
Palgrave Macmillan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Measurement
Standards and standardization
Social epistemology
Physics
Epistemology
People
Adams, Henry
Avogadro, Amedeo
Bacon, Francis Thomas
Bergson, Henri Louis
Durkheim, Émile
Giorgi, Giovanni
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
17th century
20th century, late
21st century
16th century
Places
Germany
Polar regions
Institutions
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Convention du mètre (1875)
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment