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Under the realist interpretation of measurement axioms, measurement theory becomes a genuine scientific theory

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1.A genuine scientific theory must have explanatory hypotheses and testable predictions
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2.The realist interpretation of measurement axioms yields explanatory hypotheses and testable predictions
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1.Measurement axioms are constitutive of the representational framework itself, not empirical claims about mind-independent magnitudes.
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2.Constitutive principles cannot simultaneously serve as testable hypotheses within the theory they make possible, as Kant argued regarding the forms of intuition.
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3.Therefore the realist interpretation conflates the scaffolding of scientific representation with the empirical content it is meant to support.
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