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    It is not the case that Under the realist interpretation of measurement axioms, measurement theory becomes a genuine scientific theory

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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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    • 1.Suppes and Zinnes demonstrated that multiple incompatible scale types satisfy the same axiom set, entailing underdetermination of physical structure by measurement theory.
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    • 2.A genuine scientific theory with determinate ontological commitments cannot remain neutral between incompatible physical interpretations of its core axioms.
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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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