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Philosophy of chemistry

synthesis of a new discipline

edited byDavis Baird Eric Scerri Lee McIntyre

Abstract

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 about the relationship between philosophy and chemistry. What can chemistry teach us about longstanding disputes in the philosophy of science over such issues as reductionism, autonomy, and supervenience? And what new issues may chemistry bring to the forefront now that it has joined physics and biology as a serious topic for philosophical reflection? This newest addition to the prestigious Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science series marks the true arrival of philosophy of chemistry within the corpus of the philosophy of science.

Details | Table of Contents

Introduction Davis Baird Eric Scerri Lee McIntyre

pp.3-18

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_1

The philosophy of chemistry Joachim Schummer

pp.19-39

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_2

Aristole's theory of chemical reaction and chemical substances Paul Needham

pp.43-67

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_3

Kant's legacy for the philosophy of chemistry Jaap van Brakel

pp.69-91

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_4

The conceptual structure of the sciences Otto Theodor Benfey

pp.95-117

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_5

Normative and descriptive philosophy of science and the role of chemistry Eric Scerri

pp.119-128

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_6

How classical models of explanation fail to cope with chemistry Johannes Hunger

pp.129-156

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_7

Professional ethics in science Jeffrey Kovac

pp.157-169

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_8

Is there downward causation in chemistry? Robin Findlay Hendry

pp.173-189

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_9

Physics in the crucible of chemistry G. K. Vemulapalli

pp.191-204

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_10

Some philosophical implications of chemical symmetry Joseph E. Earley

pp.207-220

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_11

The periodics systems of molecules Ray Hefferlin

pp.221-243

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_12

A new paradigm for Schrödinger and Kohn Jack R. Woodyard

pp.245-269

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_13

Virtual tools Ann Johnson

pp.273-291

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_14

Space in molecular representation; or how pictures represent objects S. H. Vollmer

pp.293-308

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_15

Visualizing instrumental techniques of surface chemistry Daniel Rothbart John Schreifels

pp.309-324

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_16

Are chemical kinds natural kinds? Nalini Bhushan

pp.327-336

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_17

Water is not H2O Michael Weisberg

pp.337-345

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_18

From metaphysics to metachemistry Alfred Nordmann

pp.347-362

https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3261-7_19

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 2006

Pages: 374

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-4020-3256-1

ISBN (digital): 978-1-4020-3261-5

Full citation:

Baird Davis, Scerri Eric, McIntyre Lee (2006) Philosophy of chemistry: synthesis of a new discipline. Dordrecht, Springer.