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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2006

ISBN (Hardback): 9781402032561

ISBN (eBook): 9781402032615

Full citation:

Davis Baird, Eric Scerri, Lee McIntyre (eds), Philosophy of chemistry, Berlin, Springer, 2006

Philosophy of chemistry

Contents

Introduction

Davis Baird, Eric Scerri, Lee McIntyre

3-18

The philosophy of chemistry

Joachim Schümmer

19-39

Aristole's theory of chemical reaction and chemical substances

Paul Needham

43-67

Kant's legacy for the philosophy of chemistry

Jaap van Brakel

69-91

The conceptual structure of the sciences

Otto T. Benfey

95-117

Normative and descriptive philosophy of science and the role of chemistry

Eric Scerri

119-128

How classical models of explanation fail to cope with chemistry

Johannes Hunger

129-156

Professional ethics in science

Jeffrey Kovac

157-169

Is there downward causation in chemistry?

Robin Findlay Hendry

173-189

Physics in the crucible of chemistry

G. K. Vemulapalli

191-204

Some philosophical implications of chemical symmetry

Joseph E. Earley

207-220

The periodics systems of molecules

Ray Hefferlin

221-243

A new paradigm for Schrödinger and Kohn

Jack R. Woodyard

245-269

Virtual tools

Ann Johnson

273-291

Space in molecular representation; or how pictures represent objects

S. H. Vollmer

293-308

Visualizing instrumental techniques of surface chemistry

Daniel Rothbart, John Schreifels

309-324

Are chemical kinds natural kinds?

Nalini Bhushan

327-336

Water is not H2O

Michael Weisberg

337-345

From metaphysics to metachemistry

Alfred Nordmann

347-362