The Metaphysics of Quantities and Their Dimensions

Abstract

Quantities have dimensions; the dimension of speed is (length)/(time). What is it for a quantity to have a certain dimension? Some hold that the dimension of a quantity merely says something about how the numbers assigned to that quantity change when we change our scale of measurement. In Chapter 8 it is argued that the dimension of a quantity does more: it also tells us something about that quantity’s metaphysical nature.

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