Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on ChemistryNalini Bhushan, Stuart Rosenfeld Oxford University Press, 2000 M12 14 - 320 páginas Of Minds and Molecules is the first anthology devoted exclusively to work in the philosophy of chemistry. The essays, written by both chemists and philosophers, adopt distinctive philosophical perspectives on chemistry and collectively offer both a conceptualization of and a justification for this emerging field. |
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
Autonomy and Antireductionism | 15 |
Missing Elements What Philosophers of Science Might Discover in Chemistry | 17 |
Laws and Theories in Chemistry Do Not Obey the Rules | 34 |
Realism Reduction and the Intermediate Position | 51 |
Instrumentation | 73 |
Substance and Function in Chemical Research | 75 |
Analytical Instrumentation and Instrumental Objectivity | 90 |
Butlerovs Vision The Timeless the Transientand the Representation of Chemical Structure | 143 |
The Nature of Chemical Substances | 162 |
Chemical Synthesis Complexity Similarity Natural Kinds and the Evolution of a Logic | 187 |
Models and Metaphors | 209 |
Models and Explanations Understanding Chemical Reaction Mechanisms | 211 |
How Symbolic and Iconic Languages Bridge the Two Worlds of the Chemist A Case Study from Contemporary Bioorganic Chemistry | 230 |
The Chemical Senses | 249 |
Archiving Odors | 251 |
Structure and Identity | 115 |
Realism Essentialism and Intrinsic Properties The Case of Molecular Shape | 117 |
Space and the Chiral Molecule | 129 |
The Slighting of Smell with a Brief Word on the Slighting of Chemistry | 273 |
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