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Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher.
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English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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viii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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QD6 .E87 2016
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Chemistry
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Philosophy
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Scerri, Eric R.
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Fisher, Grant (Grant Andrew)
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Summary note
The philosophy of chemistry has emerged in recent years as a new and autonomous field within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition. With the development of this new discipline, this text is a timely and definitive guide to all current thought in this field. This edited volume will serve to map out the distinctive features of the field and its connections to the philosophies of the natural sciences and general philosophy of science more broadly. It will be a reference for students and professional alike.
Both the philosophy of chemistry and philosophies of scientific practice alike reflect the splitting of analytical and continental scholastic traditions, and some philosophers are turning for inspiration from the familiar resources of analytical philosophy to influences from the continental tradition and pragmatism. While philosophy of chemistry is practiced very much within the familiar analytical tradition, it is also capable of trailblazing new philosophical approaches. In such a way, the seemingly disparate disciplines such as the "hard sciences" and philosophy become much more linked.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction ; PART ONE History and Philosophy of Chemistry ; CHAPTER 1: Alan Chalmers / Robert Boyle's Corpuscular Chemistry: Atomism before its Time
CHAPTER 2: Nicholas W. Best / What Was Revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution?
CHAPTER 3: Kostas Gavroglu & Ana Simões / Philosophical Issues in (Sub)Disciplinary Contexts. The Case of Quantum Chemistry
PART TWO Reduction and Explanation ; CHAPTER 4: Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino & Jean-Pierre Noël Llored / Reality Without Reification: Philosophy of Chemistry's Contribution to Philosophy of Mind
CHAPTER 5: Lee McIntyre / Who's Afraid of Supervenient Laws?
CHAPTER 6: Eric R. Scerri / The Changing Views of a Philosopher of Chemistry on the Question of Reduction
CHAPTER 7: Noretta Koertge / Contingencies in Chemical Explanation
CHAPTER 8: Richard M. Pagni / Reaction Mechanisms
PART THREE Metaphysical Issues ; CHAPTER 9 : Rom Harré / Causality in Chemistry: Regularities and Agencies
CHAPTER 10: Joseph E. Earley, Sr. / How Properties Hold Together in Substances
CHAPTER 11: Hasok Chang / Scientific Realism and Chemistry
CHAPTER 12: Robin Findlay Hendry / Natural Kinds in Chemistry
PART FOUR Theory and Practice ; CHAPTER 13: Hinne Hettema / Chemistry and "The Theoretician's Dilemma"
CHAPTER 14: Grant Fisher / Divergence, Diagnostics, and a Dichotomy of Methods
CHAPTER 15: Guillermo Restrepo / Mathematical Chemistry, a New Discipline
CHAPTER 16: Rein Vihalemm / Science, f-Science, and the Dual Character of Chemistry
Index
History and philosophy of chemistry
Alan Chalmers. Robert Boyle's Corpuscular chemistry : atomism before its time
Nicholas W. Best. What was revolutionary about the chemical revolution-- Kostas Gavroglu & Ana Simões. Philosophical issues in (sub) disciplinary contexts. The case of quantum chemistry
Reduction and explanation
Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino & Jean-Pierre Noël Llored. Reality without reification : philosophy of chemistry's contribution to philosophy of mind
Lee McIntyre. Who's afraid of supervenient laws-- Eric R. Scerri. The changing views of a philosopher of chemistry on the question of reduction
Noretta Koertge. Contingencies in chemical explanation
Richard M. Pagni. Reaction mechanisms
Metaphysical issues
Rom Harré. Causality in chemistry : regularities and agencies
Joseph E. Earley, Sr. How properties hold together in substances
Hasok Chang. Scientific realism and chemistry
Robin Findlay Hendry. Natural kinds in chemistry
Theory and practice
Hinne Hettema. Chemistry and "The theoretician's dilemma"
Grant Fisher. Divergence, diagnostics, and a dichotomy of methods
Guillermo Restrepo. Mathematical chemistry, a new discipline
Rein Vihalemm. Science, φ-science, and the dual character of chemistry.
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ISBN
9780190494599 ((hbk.))
019049459X ((hbk.))
LCCN
2015031319
OCLC
918762749
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