What are physical quantities, and in particular, what makes them quantitative? This book articulates and defends an original answer to this important, insufficiently understood question through the novel position of substantival structuralism. This position argues that quantitativeness is an irreducible feature of attributes, and quantitative attributes are best understood as substantival structured spaces. The book first explores what it means for an attribute to be quantitative, and what metaphysical implications a commitment to quantitative attributes has. It then sets the stage to address the metaphysical and ontological consequences of the existence of quantitative attributes.

About the Author
Jo E. Wolff is Senior Lecturer in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Wolff earned a PhD in philosophy from Stanford University and held appointments at the University of Hong Kong and King's College London before joining the department at Edinburgh in 2019.

Reviews
Wolff is more persuasive when critiquing comparativism's pull towards fundamentalism about quantities' ordering relations. * Toby Friend, Philosophical Quarterly *
this excellent contribution ... is a mustmust-read for anyone who is interested in scientific measurement or scientific representation in general and will no doubt be the reference point for the discussions on this topic for years to come. * Derek Lam, Metascience *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198837084
Author J. E. Wolff
Format Hardback
Page Count 226
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 514g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 163mm * 19mm