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On Properties and Processes on Numerical Assignment: An Empiricist Approach

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By starting from the idea of processes of numerical assignment, an explication, á la Kant, of the concept of property is proposed. In this way two results are achieved: on the one hand, the Kantian doctrine of explication is revaluated; on the other hand, the notion of property is tackled from an empiricist point of view based on the representational theory of measurement.

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Boniolo, G. On Properties and Processes on Numerical Assignment: An Empiricist Approach. Axiomathes 13, 147–162 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021324530964

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