1 The Need for Theories of Measurement and Meaningfulness |
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1.2 Derivation of Plateau's Power Law |
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1.3 Issues Raised by Plateau's Theory |
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1.4 Additional Lemmas and Proofs |
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I Measurement |
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2 Representational Measurement Theory |
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2.3 Cantor's Characterization of the Continuum |
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2.4 Continuous Structures |
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2.6 Representational Meaningfulness |
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3 Symmetries and the Erlanger Program |
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3.3 Comparison of Geometric and Measurement-Theoretic Concepts |
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4.1 Continuous Threshold Structures |
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4.2 Weber's and Fechner's Laws |
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4.3 Threshold Structures with Only Psychological Primitives |
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4.4 Meaningfulness Considerations |
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5.1 Stevens' Methods of Magnitude Estimation and Production |
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5.4 Continuous Ratio Production |
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6.2 Torgerson's Conjecture |
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6.3 An Experimental Test of Torgerson's Conjecture |
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6.4 Theoretical Considerations |
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II Meaningfulness |
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7 Meaningfulness Concepts from Measurement Theory |
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7.1 Quantitative S-Meaningfulness |
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7.2 Qualitative S-Meaningfulness |
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7.3 Endomorphism Invariance |
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8.5 First-Order and Higher-Order Relations |
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9.1 Principles for Scientific Topics |
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9.3 Set-Theoretic Interpretation |
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10 Theories of Meaningfulness |
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10.1 Axiom of Measurement |
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10.3 Meaningfulness and the Erlanger Program |
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10.3.1 Invariance under Extensions of Permutations |
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11 Applications, Limitations, and Generalizations of Axiom System FST |
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11.1 An Epistemology for a Rule Based on Invariance |
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11.2 Limitations of Axiom System FST |
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11.4 Possible Psychophysical Laws |
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11.5 Distinguishing Empirical and Meaningful Relations |
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References |
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Index |
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