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An operationalist argument criticized. Operationism maintains that the relation between a quantity and its operational criteria is established by definition. The assertion that the relation holds cannot be an empirical hypothesis; it is neither falsifiable nor confirmable, since it is not even testable. With an example concerning the measurement of time it is shown that this argument rests upon an untenable presupposition.
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Düsberg, K.J. Zur Kritik eines operationalistischen Arguments. J Gen Philos Sci 26, 313–322 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766731
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766731