Louis Narens (died October 5, 2022) was the Graduate Director of Mathematical Behavioral Science, Professor in the Department of
Cognitive Science
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s and the Department of
Logic
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and the
Philosophy of Science
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at the
University of California, Irvine
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.
He was one of the major exponents of
measurement
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In other words, measurement is a process of determining how large or small a physical quantity is as compared to ...
theory in
mathematical psychology
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.
Bibliography
* ''Abstract Measurement Theory''. (1985) The MIT Press,
* ''Theories of Meaningfulness''. (2002)
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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,
* ''Introduction to the Theories of Measurement and Meaningfulness and the Use of Invariance in Science''. (2007)
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, Routledge, F1000 Research and Dovepress. It is a division of I ...
,
* ''Theories of Probability: An Examination of Logical and Qualitative Foundations'', (2007)
World Scientific Publishing Company,
See also
*
American philosophy
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*
List of American philosophers
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References
External links
* http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=48773
* https://www.imbs.uci.edu/people/faculty.php
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American philosophers
20th-century American philosophers
American cognitive scientists
Living people
University of California, Irvine faculty
Quantitative psychologists
American philosophers of mathematics
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