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Limitation of Operational Definitions

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Fundamental ideas underlying the definition ofthe properties of physical systems by means ofmeasurement procedures in the paradigm of operationalismare introduced and discussed. Minimal criteria that such procedures might be expected to satisfyare suggested and a fundamental limitation tooperationalism is pointed out.

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  • Bridgman, P. W. (1927). The Logic of Modern Physics, MacMillan, New York.

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  1. William Delaney
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Delaney, W. Limitation of Operational Definitions. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 38, 1757–1762 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026667216480

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