The Logic of Modern Physics¶
Bridgman, P. W. (1927). The Logic of Modern Physics.
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5 citations across 5 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Measurement and Disturbance
- It clarifies that non-invasive measurement is always less disturbing than invasive measurement, and that some systems (quantum systems, human subjects, sensitive biological systems) are particularly sensitive to measurement disturbance, an operationalist position Bridgman (1927) pressed in arguing that the meaning of a physical quantity is inseparable from the operations used to measure it.
This sourceMacmillan. Foundational operationalist treatise: argues that the meaning of any physical quantity is inseparable from the measurement operations that define it, motivating the trade-off between observability and intrusion across invasive and non-invasive techniques.
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Bridgman supports the operationalist thesis that a concept is synonymous with its operations of measurement, but not the claims about invasive versus non-invasive measurement or sensitive systems.
“we mean by any concept nothing more than a set of operations”
- It clarifies that non-invasive measurement is always less disturbing than invasive measurement, and that some systems (quantum systems, human subjects, sensitive biological systems) are particularly sensitive to measurement disturbance, an operationalist position Bridgman (1927) pressed in arguing that the meaning of a physical quantity is inseparable from the operations used to measure it.
- Operationalization
- In scientific methodology, theoretical constructs (spec: latent variable) become measurement procedures (procedure: instrument, sampling plan) — the classical use of the word.
This sourceIntroduces operational definitions — "the concept is synonymous with the corresponding set of operations" — defining a latent construct by the measurement procedure, the classical scientific-methodology sense of operationalization.
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Bridgman equates a concept with the set of operations that determine it, which supports the classical operational-definition frame, though not latent variables or sampling plans.
“In general, we mean by any concept nothing more than a set of operations; the concept is synonymous with the corresponding set of operations.”
- In scientific methodology, theoretical constructs (spec: latent variable) become measurement procedures (procedure: instrument, sampling plan) — the classical use of the word.
Mechanisms¶
- Measurement Protocol
- An operational definition is exactly this discipline made explicit.
This sourceDefines a scientific concept by the explicit operations used to measure or determine it.
- An operational definition is exactly this discipline made explicit.
- Membership-Predicate Audit
- It enforces operational definitions: the requirement that a category be pinned to a concrete, checkable criterion rather than an intuitive label.
This sourceDefines a scientific concept through the concrete operations used to determine or measure it rather than through an intuitive label.
- It enforces operational definitions: the requirement that a category be pinned to a concrete, checkable criterion rather than an intuitive label.
- Operational Definition Table
- This is the disciplined use of operational definition — treating a concept, for working purposes, as the operations that measure it.
This sourceOperationalism defines a concept through the operations used to measure or apply it.
- This is the disciplined use of operational definition — treating a concept, for working purposes, as the operations that measure it.
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