Measure development and the hermeneutic task.

I examine the dynamics of measure development using two case studies: temperature, and health-related quality of life. I argue, following Bas van Fraassen and Leah McClimans that in each case these dynamics have a hermeneutic structure. Measure development is plagued by epistemic circularity, as is...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 198; no. 3; pp. 2375 - 2391
Main Author: Cupples, Laura M.
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2021
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