Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher.

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English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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viii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    • 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.
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    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780190494599 ((hbk.))
    • 019049459X ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2015031319
    OCLC
    918762749
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