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The Measurement of Sensation: A Critique of Perceptual Psychophysics

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The Measurement of Sensation: A Critique of Perceptual Psychophysics by C. Wade Savage is a bold rethinking of one of psychology’s oldest problems: how, if at all, we can measure subjective perception. For over a century, psychophysics has sought to define precise mathematical laws relating physical stimuli to psychological experiences—loudness to sound intensity, brightness to light frequency, pain to tissue disturbance. Savage argues that this traditional framework rests on conceptual con...