Overview
Chapter 1: Introduction; Eric Scerri and Lee McIntyre.- Chapter 2: Reduction for a Dappled World: Connecting Chemical and Physical Theories; Hinne Hettema.- Chapter 3: The Ontological Autonomy of the Chemical World: Facing the Criticisms; Olimpia Lombardi.- Chapter 4: A Novel Approach to Emergence in Chemistry; Alexandru Manafu.- Chapter 5: The Methodological Pluralism of Chemistry and Its Philosophical Implications; Joachim Schummer.- Chapter 6: Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Chemistry; Joseph Earley.- Chapter 7: One Substance Or More? Paul Needham.- Chapter 8: Mereological Principles and Chemical Affordances; Rom Harre.- Chapter 9: Metaphor in Chemistry: An Examination of Chemical Metaphor; Farzad Mahootian.- Chapter 10: From Corpuscles To Elements: Chemical Ontologies From van Helmont To Lavoisier; Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino.- Chapter 11: Mendeleev and the Rare-Earth Crisis; Pieter Thyssen and Koen Binnemans.- Chapter 12: Radicals, Reactions, Realism; Klaus Ruthenberg.- Chapter 13: Orbital Symmetry, Idealization, and the Kairetic Account of Scientific Explanation; Grant Fisher.- Chapter 14: Investigating the Meaning of the Ceteris Paribus Clause in Chemistry; Jean-Pierre Llored.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9789401793636
- ISBN-10: 9401793638
- Publisher: Springer
- Publish Date: November 2014
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.16 pounds
- Page Count: 233
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