Philosophy of Science 47 (3):424-433 (1980)
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This paper studies the theory of uniqueness of scales of measurement, and in particular, the theory of meaningfulness of statements using scales. The paper comments on the general theory of meaningfulness adopted by Luce in connection with his work on dimensionally invariant numerical laws. It comments on Luce's generalization of the concept of meaningfulness of a statement involving scales to a concept of meaningfulness of an arbitrary relation relative to the defining relations in a relational structure. It is argued that in studying the concept of meaningfulness, it is necessary to consider invariance under endomorphisms, not just automorphisms. The difference between the endomorphism and automorphism concepts of meaningfulness is studied. Luce's primary result, that automorphism meaningfulness is preserved under isomorphism, is extended to the result that endomorphism meaningfulness is preserved under homomorphism
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Foundational Aspects of Theories of Measurement.Dana Scott & Patrick Suppes - 1958 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 23 (2):113-128.
Dimensionally Invariant Numerical Laws Correspond to Meaningful Qualitative Relations.R. Duncan Luce - 1978 - Philosophy of Science 45 (1):1-16.
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