ABSTRACT
The primitive fundamental constants identified are properties of elementary particles which may function as standard objects in a formal system of fundamental measurement. This account of fundamental measurement has been defended against conventionalist attacks which aim to undermine the distinction between fundamental and derived measurement. Levy-Leblond highlighted the types of conceptual debate that can occur with regard to Planck’s constant. This is entirely similar to the conceptual discussion of the role of forces and energies which occurred in mechanics. The use of alternative sets of fundamentally measured quantities will give rise to some entirely new constants which directly relate these alternative quantities. Investigation of underdetermination in the case of the measurement of constants leads naturally to contemplate a further possibility of underdetermination in the broader context of fundamental measurement. The formal generalisation of the representation framework developed for empirical systems which give rise to derived constants.
