Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
Disciplina | 540.1 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico | Chemistry - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-755966-2
0-19-049460-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedications ; Contents; Contributors; Second Half Title Page ; Introduction ; PART ONE History and Philosophy of Chemistry ; CHAPTER 1: Alan Chalmers. Robert Boyle's Corpuscular Chemistry: Atomism before its Time ; CHAPTER 2: Nicholas W. Best. What Was Revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution? ; CHAPTER 3: Kostas Gavroglu & Ana Simões. Philosophical Issues in (Sub)Disciplinary Contexts. The Case of Quantum Chemistry; PART TWO Reduction and Explanation
CHAPTER 4: Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino & Jean-Pierre Noël Llored. Reality Without Reification: Philosophy of Chemistry's Contribution to Philosophy of MindCHAPTER 5: Lee McIntyre. Who's Afraid of Supervenient Laws?; CHAPTER 6: Eric R. Scerri. The Changing Views of a Philosopher of Chemistry on the Question of Reduction ; CHAPTER 7: Noretta Koertge. Contingencies in Chemical Explanation; CHAPTER 8: Richard M. Pagni. Reaction Mechanisms; PART THREE Metaphysical Issues ; CHAPTER 9 : Rom Harré. Causality in Chemistry: Regularities and Agencies CHAPTER 10: Joseph E. Earley, Sr. How Properties Hold Together in SubstancesCHAPTER 11: Hasok Chang. Scientific Realism and Chemistry ; CHAPTER 12: Robin Findlay Hendry. Natural Kinds in Chemistry; PART FOUR Theory and Practice ; CHAPTER 13: Hinne Hettema. Chemistry and "The Theoretician's Dilemma"; CHAPTER 14:Grant Fisher. Divergence, Diagnostics, and a Dichotomy of Methods ; CHAPTER 15: Guillermo Restrepo. Mathematical Chemistry, a New Discipline; CHAPTER 16: Rein Vihalemm. Science, f-Science, and the Dual Character of Chemistry ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465249003321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
Disciplina | 540.1 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico | Chemistry - Philosophy |
ISBN |
0-19-063154-6
0-19-755966-2 0-19-049460-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedications ; Contents; Contributors; Second Half Title Page ; Introduction ; PART ONE History and Philosophy of Chemistry ; CHAPTER 1: Alan Chalmers. Robert Boyle's Corpuscular Chemistry: Atomism before its Time ; CHAPTER 2: Nicholas W. Best. What Was Revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution? ; CHAPTER 3: Kostas Gavroglu & Ana Simões. Philosophical Issues in (Sub)Disciplinary Contexts. The Case of Quantum Chemistry; PART TWO Reduction and Explanation
CHAPTER 4: Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino & Jean-Pierre Noël Llored. Reality Without Reification: Philosophy of Chemistry's Contribution to Philosophy of MindCHAPTER 5: Lee McIntyre. Who's Afraid of Supervenient Laws?; CHAPTER 6: Eric R. Scerri. The Changing Views of a Philosopher of Chemistry on the Question of Reduction ; CHAPTER 7: Noretta Koertge. Contingencies in Chemical Explanation; CHAPTER 8: Richard M. Pagni. Reaction Mechanisms; PART THREE Metaphysical Issues ; CHAPTER 9 : Rom Harré. Causality in Chemistry: Regularities and Agencies CHAPTER 10: Joseph E. Earley, Sr. How Properties Hold Together in SubstancesCHAPTER 11: Hasok Chang. Scientific Realism and Chemistry ; CHAPTER 12: Robin Findlay Hendry. Natural Kinds in Chemistry; PART FOUR Theory and Practice ; CHAPTER 13: Hinne Hettema. Chemistry and "The Theoretician's Dilemma"; CHAPTER 14:Grant Fisher. Divergence, Diagnostics, and a Dichotomy of Methods ; CHAPTER 15: Guillermo Restrepo. Mathematical Chemistry, a New Discipline; CHAPTER 16: Rein Vihalemm. Science, f-Science, and the Dual Character of Chemistry ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798378703321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Essays in the philosophy of chemistry / / edited by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
Disciplina | 540.1 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico | Chemistry - Philosophy |
ISBN |
0-19-063154-6
0-19-755966-2 0-19-049460-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedications ; Contents; Contributors; Second Half Title Page ; Introduction ; PART ONE History and Philosophy of Chemistry ; CHAPTER 1: Alan Chalmers. Robert Boyle's Corpuscular Chemistry: Atomism before its Time ; CHAPTER 2: Nicholas W. Best. What Was Revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution? ; CHAPTER 3: Kostas Gavroglu & Ana Simões. Philosophical Issues in (Sub)Disciplinary Contexts. The Case of Quantum Chemistry; PART TWO Reduction and Explanation
CHAPTER 4: Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino & Jean-Pierre Noël Llored. Reality Without Reification: Philosophy of Chemistry's Contribution to Philosophy of MindCHAPTER 5: Lee McIntyre. Who's Afraid of Supervenient Laws?; CHAPTER 6: Eric R. Scerri. The Changing Views of a Philosopher of Chemistry on the Question of Reduction ; CHAPTER 7: Noretta Koertge. Contingencies in Chemical Explanation; CHAPTER 8: Richard M. Pagni. Reaction Mechanisms; PART THREE Metaphysical Issues ; CHAPTER 9 : Rom Harré. Causality in Chemistry: Regularities and Agencies CHAPTER 10: Joseph E. Earley, Sr. How Properties Hold Together in SubstancesCHAPTER 11: Hasok Chang. Scientific Realism and Chemistry ; CHAPTER 12: Robin Findlay Hendry. Natural Kinds in Chemistry; PART FOUR Theory and Practice ; CHAPTER 13: Hinne Hettema. Chemistry and "The Theoretician's Dilemma"; CHAPTER 14:Grant Fisher. Divergence, Diagnostics, and a Dichotomy of Methods ; CHAPTER 15: Guillermo Restrepo. Mathematical Chemistry, a New Discipline; CHAPTER 16: Rein Vihalemm. Science, f-Science, and the Dual Character of Chemistry ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809828003321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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