Philosophy of Chemistry Growth of a New Discipline /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Scerri, Eric (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), McIntyre, Lee (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 306
• Θέματα: Chemistry.; History.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; History of Science.

This volume follows the earlier successful book in the same series, which helped to introduce and spread the Philosophy of Chemistry to a wider audience of philosophers, historians, and science educators, as well as chemists, physicists and biologists. The introduction summarizes the way in which th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Introduction; Eric Scerri and Lee McIntyre
• Chapter 2: Reduction for a Dappled World: Connecting Chemical and Physical Theories; Hinne Hettema
• Chapter 3: The Ontological Autonomy of the Chemical World: Facing the Criticisms; Olimpia Lombardi
• Chapter 4: A Novel Approach to Emergence in Chemistry; Alexandru Manafu
• Chapter 5: The Methodological Pluralism of Chemistry and Its Philosophical Implications; Joachim Schummer
• Chapter 6: Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Chemistry; Joseph Earley
• Chapter 7: One Substance Or More? Paul Needham
• Chapter 8: Mereological Principles and Chemical Affordances; Rom Harre
• Chapter 9: Metaphor in Chemistry: An Examination of Chemical Metaphor; Farzad Mahootian
• Chapter 10: From Corpuscles To Elements: Chemical Ontologies From van Helmont To Lavoisier; Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino
• Chapter 11: Mendeleev and the Rare-Earth Crisis; Pieter Thyssen and Koen Binnemans
• Chapter 12: Radicals, Reactions, Realism; Klaus Ruthenberg
• Chapter 13: Orbital Symmetry, Idealization, and the Kairetic Account of Scientific Explanation; Grant Fisher
• Chapter 14: Investigating the Meaning of the Ceteris Paribus Clause in Chemistry; Jean-Pierre Llored.