The Origin of Chicken-and-Egg Problems Numerous chicken and egg problems that arise while trying to construct the notions of space, time, and objects. For instance, when distance is defined in terms of a meter, then the extension of the meter depends on space and space depends on the meter. Likewise, […]
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The Problem of Measurement in Science
Introduction and Overview It is commonly assumed that science describes objective facts about the world, which are discovered through measurements of physical properties. The problems in this measurement are generally not understood, and this post describes them, highlighting two key issues of circularity and recursion in the definition of measurement. […]