Description |
1 online resource (vii, 362 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Boston studies in the philosophy of science, 0068-0346 ; v. 242 |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 242. 0068-0346
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Contents |
Philosophy of chemistry / Joachim Schummer -- Aristotle's theory of chemical reaction and chemical substances / Paul Needham -- Kant's legacy for the philosophy of chemistry / J. van Brakel, K.U. Leuven -- Conceptual structure of the sciences / Otto Theodor Benfey -- Normative and descriptive philosophy of science and the role of chemistry / Eric R. Scerri -- How classical models of explanation fail to cope with chemistry / Johannes Hunger -- Professional ethics in science / Jeffrey Kovac -- Is there downward causation in chemistry? / Robin Findley Hendry -- Physics in the crucible of chemistry / G.K. Vemulapalli -- Some philosophical implications of chemical symmetry / Joseph E. Earley -- Periodic systems of molecules / Ray Hefferlin -- New paradigm for Schrödinger and Kohn / Jack R. Woodyard -- Virtual tools / Ann Johnson -- Space in molecular representation / S.H. Vollmer -- Visualizing instrumental techniques of surface chemistry / Daniel Rothbart and John Schreifels -- Are chemical kinds natural kinds? / Nalini Bhushan -- Water is not H₂O / Michael Weisberg -- From metaphysics to metachemistry / Alfred Nordmann |
Summary |
Includes selections drawn from a wide range of scholarly disciplines, philosophers, chemists, and historians of science, this work asks some of the fundamental questions about the relationship between philosophy and chemistry |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
In |
Springer e-books |
Subject |
Chemistry -- Philosophy
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Chemistry.
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Chemistry
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chemistry.
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SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General.
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Chemie.
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Wetenschapsfilosofie.
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Chemistry -- Philosophy.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Chemistry
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Chemistry -- Philosophy
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Chemie.
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Wetenschapsfilosofie.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Baird, Davis
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Scerri, Eric R
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McIntyre, Lee C
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ISBN |
9781402032561 |
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9781402032615 |
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1402032560 |
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1402032617 |
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1280612460 |
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9781280612466 |
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6610612463 |
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9786610612468 |
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