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Reflective Equilibria in Metrology?
A Case Study on the Current Reform of the International System of Units
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Oliver Schlaudt
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November 22, 2016
Abstract
In this paper I propose to read the history of systems of units, and in particular the current reform of the International System of Units (SI), understood as a set of measuring norms, in the light of reflective equilibria. The idea is that the model of reflective equilibria actually applies to processes which can be empirically observed or studied. This can help us to understand the nature of normativity and to shed light on its relativity to, and dependence on, practice.
Published Online: 2016-11-22
Published in Print: 2016-11-01
© 2016 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
Reflective equilibria;
measurement;
metrology;
systems of units;
reform of the SI
Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- Contents
- Special Issue: Logic, Morals, Measurement – Origins and Justification of Norms. Guest Editors: Susanne Hahn and Oliver Schlaudt
- Logic, Morals, Measurement
- The Descriptive-Normative Dichotomy and the So Called Naturalistic Fallacy
- From Worked-out Practice to Justified Norms by Producing a Reflective Equilibrium
- Setzung von Rechtsnormen unter Berücksichtigung der Praxis: Das Beispiel des Strafrechts
- „Gentlemen in, Genuine Knowledge out“? Zum Status wissenschaftlicher Normen für die Erkenntnissicherung
- Inferential Acts and Inferential Rules. The Intrinsic Normativity of Logic
- Norms as Equilibria
- Die Normativität des Krankheitsbegriffs: Zur Genese und Geltung von Kriterien der Krankhaftigkeit
- Reflective Equilibria in Metrology?
