On the possible scientific laws

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(90)90075-IMaRDI QIDQ809027zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Suh-Ryung Kim

Publication date 1990

Published in Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(90)90075-i

zbMATH Keywords

admissible transformationsdimensional parametersfunctional equationindependent ratio scaleslog-interval scaleordinal scalesprinciple of the theoryscale invariancescientific laws

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measurement theory in the social and behavioral sciences (91C05) Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30)

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