The Representational Theory of Measurement (RTM) is the best known account of the kind of representation measurement requires. However, RTM has been challenged from various angles, with critics claiming e.g. that RTM fails to account for actual measurement practice and that it is ambiguous about the nature of measurable attributes. In this paper I use the critical literature on RTM to formulate Representation Minimalism – a characterization of what measurement-relevant representation requires at the minimum. I argue that Representation Minimalism avoids the main problems with RTM while acknowledging its usefulness as the formal foundation of representation in measurement.

表征测量理论 (RTM) 是对表征测量所需类型的最著名的解释。然而，RTM 受到了来自不同角度的挑战，批评者声称，例如 RTM 未能说明实际的测量实践，并且它对可测量属性的性质含糊不清。在这篇论文中，我使用关于 RTM 的批判性文献来阐述表示极简主义——一种表征与测量相关的表示至少需要什么。我认为表示极简主义避免了 RTM 的主要问题，同时承认其作为度量表示的正式基础的有用性。