Geometry Is Measurement but Measurement Theory Is More than Geometry. Review of Foundations of Measurement, Vol. 2: Geometrical, Threshold, and Probabilistic Representations, by Patrick Suppes, David H. Krantz, R. Duncan Luce, Amos Tversky

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Patrick Suppes, professor of philosophy, statistics, education, and psychology at Stanford University (California), president of Computer Curriculum Corporation (Palo Alto, California), and recipient of the American Psychological Association's (APA's) Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, is author of the chapter "Philosophy and the Sciences" in W. Sieg (Ed.) Acting and Reflecting: The Interdisciplinary Turn in Phisosophy . David H. Krantz is professor of psychology at Columbia University (New York City) with one major research interest being measurement issues in vision. R. Duncan Luce, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine. Victor S. Thomas Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachussets), and recipient of the APA's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, is author of Response Times. Amos Tversky, Davis-Brack Professor of Behavioral Science at Stanford University and recipient of the APA's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, is coeditor, with D. E. Bell and H. Raiffa of Decision Making: Descriptive, Normative and Prescriptive Interactions. Jean-Paul Doignon is a Chargé de cours at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His primary research intersects are applications of geometry and discrete mathematics. He is the coeditor with Jean-Claude Falmagne of Mathematical Psychology: Current Developments (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1991).