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Philosophy of Chemistry Synthesis of a New Discipline /

This comprehensive volume marks a new standard in scholarship in the still emerging field of the philosophy of chemistry. With selections drawn from a wide range of scholarly disciplines, philosophers, chemists, and historians of science here converge to ask some of the most fundamental questions ab...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Baird, Davis (Editor ), Scerri, Eric (Editor ), McIntyre, Lee (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 242
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chemistry and the Philosophy of Chemistry
  • The Philosophy of Chemistry
  • Chemistry and the History and Philosophy of Science
  • Aristole's Theory of Chemical Reaction and Chemical Substances
  • Kant's Legacy for the Philosophy of Chemistry
  • Chemistry and Current Philosophy of Science
  • The Conceptual Structure of the Sciences
  • Normative and Descriptive Philosophy of Science and the Role of Chemistry
  • How Classical Models of Explanation Fail to Cope with Chemistry
  • Professional Ethics in Science
  • Chemistry and Physics
  • Is There Downward Causation in Chemistry?
  • Physics in the Crucible of Chemistry
  • Chemical Theory and Foundational Questions
  • Some Philosophical Implications of Chemical Symmetry
  • The Periodics Systems of Molecules
  • A New Paradigm for Schrödinger and Kohn
  • Chemistry and its Tools of Representation
  • Virtual Tools
  • Space in Molecular Representation; or How Pictures Represent Objects
  • Visualizing Instrumental Techniques of Surface Chemistry
  • Chemistry and Ontology
  • Are Chemical Kinds Natural Kinds?
  • Water is Not H2O
  • From Metaphysics to Metachemistry.