Proleptically [anticipatively], I would say that whether we can measure something depends, not on that thing, but on how we have conceptualized it, on our knowledge of it, above all on the skill and ingenuity which we can bring to bear on the process of measurement which our inquiry can put to use.


The Conduct of Inquiry: Methodology for Behavioral Science, Chapter V, Section 20 (p. 176), Chandler Publishing Company. 1964

Abraham Kaplan Quotes

Proleptically [anticipatively], I would say that whether we can measure something depends, not on that thing, but on how we have conceptualized it,...

Proleptically [anticipatively], I would say that whether we can measure something depends, not on that thing, but on how we have conceptualized it,...

Proleptically [anticipatively], I would say that whether we can measure something depends, not on that thing, but on how we have conceptualized it,...

Proleptically [anticipatively], I would say that whether we can measure something depends, not on that thing, but on how we have conceptualized it,...