Measure is the Measure of All Things

• Authors: Herstein Gary
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Preview: A recent item from the science news website of Physics Today describes in readily accessible detail the plans to update the International System of Units of measurement (abbreviated “SI”) so as to base those units on what are currently understood to be “universal constants” of nature. This is viewed as a very exciting development in the field of metrology (the study of measurement), as it ends reliance on supposedly “arbitrary” units (such as the official meter rods held in one of several designated repositories) and replaces them with the objectively “universal” and “absolute” physical constants of reality. This discussion paper will be devoted to explaining the preceding scare quotes, as well as a handful of others.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 4(6)
• Pages: 93-101

Dates

published

2018-12-28

Contributors

author

Herstein Gary

• Independent scholar

Identifiers

DOI

10.26319/6919