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conveys information about the relation between entities which have their own
modes of existence in the world. On this basis, in the following chapter we develop
the position that individual properties are universals by framing it in a metrological
framework, in which values of properties also play a significant role, and then
broaden the picture in order to consider the very problem of the existence of general
properties.
References
Babbie, E. (2013). The practice of social research (13th ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth.
Baron, S., Copley-Coltheart, R., Majeed, R., & Miller, K. (2013). What is a negative property?
Philosophy, 88(1), 33–54.
Borges, J. L. (1944). Ficciones (in Spanish). First English translation, 1954.
Bunge, M. (1977). Treatise on basic philosophy. (Ontology I: The furniture of the world) (Vol. 3).
Dordrecht: Reidel.
Carnap, R. (1937). The logical syntax of language. London: Kegan. Reprinted by Routledge,
London, 2000.
Chalmers, D. J. (2002). On sense and intension. In J. Tomberlin (Ed.), Philosophical perspectives
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de Boer, J. (1995). On the history of quantity calculus and the International System. Metrologia,
31, 405–429.
Dennett, D. (2017). From bacteria to Bach and back: The evolution of minds. New York: Norton.
Dybkaer, R. (2004). An ontology on property for physical, chemical, and biological systems.
APMIS, 112(Suppl. 117), 1–210. Retrieved from ontology.iupac.org
Ellis, B. (1968). Basic concepts of measurement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Emerson, W. H. (2008). On quantity calculus and units of measurement. Metrologia, 45, 134–138.
Frege, G. (1892). Über Sinn und Bedeutung. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik,
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5 What is measured?
conveys information about the relation between entities which have their own
modes of existence in the world. On this basis, in the following chapter we develop
the position that individual properties are universals by framing it in a metrological
framework, in which values of properties also play a significant role, and then
broaden the picture in order to consider the very problem of the existence of general
properties.
References
Babbie, E. (2013). The practice of social research (13th ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth.
Baron, S., Copley-Coltheart, R., Majeed, R., & Miller, K. (2013). What is a negative property?
Philosophy, 88(1), 33–54.
Borges, J. L. (1944). Ficciones (in Spanish). First English translation, 1954.
Bunge, M. (1977). Treatise on basic philosophy. (Ontology I: The furniture of the world) (Vol. 3).
Dordrecht: Reidel.
Carnap, R. (1937). The logical syntax of language. London: Kegan. Reprinted by Routledge,
London, 2000.
Chalmers, D. J. (2002). On sense and intension. In J. Tomberlin (Ed.), Philosophical perspectives
16: Language and mind (pp. 135–182). Oxford: Blackwell.
de Boer, J. (1995). On the history of quantity calculus and the International System. Metrologia,
31, 405–429.
Dennett, D. (2017). From bacteria to Bach and back: The evolution of minds. New York: Norton.
Dybkaer, R. (2004). An ontology on property for physical, chemical, and biological systems.
APMIS, 112(Suppl. 117), 1–210. Retrieved from ontology.iupac.org
Ellis, B. (1968). Basic concepts of measurement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Emerson, W. H. (2008). On quantity calculus and units of measurement. Metrologia, 45, 134–138.
Frege, G. (1892). Über Sinn und Bedeutung. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik,
100, 25–50. (Engl. transl. by M. Black, On Sense and Reference, in the public domain: en.
wikisource.org/wiki/On_Sense_and_Reference).
Heil, J. (2003). From an ontological point of view. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hodges, W. (1977). Logic. New York: Penguin.
Hyde, D., & Raffman, D. (2018). Sorites paradox. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia
of philosophy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University. Retrieved from plato.stanford.edu/entries/
sorites-paradox
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). (2019). The international system of units
(SI) (9th ed.). Sèvres: BIPM. Retrieved from www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and Other Six International Organizations.
(1993). International vocabulary of basic and general terms in metrology (VIM) (2nd ed.).
Geneva: ISO.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). (2009a). ISO 80000-1:2009, Quantities and
units—Part 1: General. Geneva: ISO.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). (2009b). ISO 704:2009, Terminology work—
Principles and methods (3rd ed.). Geneva: ISO.
Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM). (2008). JCGM 100:2008, Evaluation of measurement data—Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM). Sèvres: JCGM.
Retrieved from www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides/gum.html
5 What is measured?