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Measurements, philosophy: A) the problem of measuring is discussed in the context of interpretations of quantum mechanics. B) the comparison of D. Davidson's attribution of linguistic meanings to measurement is taken up in other theories.
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Evgeny Morozov on Measurements - Dictionary of Arguments

I 260
Environment/trade fairs/Morozov: it is a misunderstanding to take the decision to measure the consumption of resources such as water and electricity as a real reform of how Water anf electricity enter our homes. The measurement itself should ideally only be a small step towards better behaviour.
I 261
Problem: it is not possible to tell a good story about improvements that only consists of such measurements, without a picture of how water, gas and electricity come into our homes. Measuring does not deliver this story.
Environment/Resources/Anonymity/Maria Kaika/Morozov: anthropologist Maria Kaika writes: the supply of water, electricity and gas seems to come from nowhere (...) and our garbage disappears in some hole in the wall... (1)
I 262
Resource Consumption/Veronica Strang: Thesis: measuring focuses us on private property ((s) of energy companies) and not on the population as a whole when it comes to the use of resources. (2) This also reinforces the isolation in which individuals have the feeling that the consumption of resources takes place in their own home. (3)

1. Maria Kaika, City of Flows: Modernity, Nature, and the City (Oxford: Psychology Press, 2005), 46.
2. Veronica Strang, The Meaning of Water (London: Berg, 2004), 228.
3. ibid. 230.


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The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

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