6 Measurement
In everyday language, measurement is understood as the process of assigning numbers to a selected property of an object, of a phenomenon or of an event; it is fundamental to all mature disciplines of technoscience and to very many everyday activities. Philosophy of science is, therefore, unthinkable without deep understanding of measurement. This chapter is entirely devoted to the analysis of the conceptual basis of measurement science. Section 6.1 is focused on a critical overview of the definitions of measurement; in Section 6.2, the system of quantities and measurement units is presented; in Section 6.3, a mathematical meta-model of measurement is proposed; in Section 6.4, it is applied for interpreting key concepts of measurement ...
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