ABSTRACT
I have established that the incorporation of theory within measuring implements is the objective rather than the problem of physical science measurement. The purpose of this chapter is to examine in much greater detail what it is about the structure of scientific theories which provides the platform for the construction of empirical evidence. These further explorations of natural science explanatory structures are vital for preparing the ground for comparisons back into sociological method. Valuable as they are, the lessons we have learned to this point about transformational measurement are tied closely to the physical manipulations involved in experimental production and instrument engineering. Accordingly one could argue that the strategy of measurement being advocated depends significantly on the fact that objects in the natural world are open to regulation in ways that the social world can never be.
