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
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Autonomy and Antireductionism | 15 |
Instrumentation | 73 |
Structure and Identity | 115 |
Synthesis | 185 |
Models and Metaphors | 209 |
The Chemical Senses | 249 |
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Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry Nalini Bhushan,Stuart M. Rosenfeld Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry Nalini Bhushan,Stuart Rosenfeld Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
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