Seifert, Vanessa A. (2023) Chemistry's Metaphysics. Elements in Metaphysics . Cambridge University Press.
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The place of chemistry in the metaphysics of science may be viewed as peripheral compared to physics and biology. However, a metaphysics of science that disregards chemistry would be incomplete and ill-informed. This Element establishes this claim by showing how key metaphysical issues are informed by drawing on chemistry. Five metaphysical topics are investigated: natural kinds, scientific realism, reduction, laws and causation. These topics are spelled out from the perspective of ten chemical case studies, each of which illuminates the novel ways that metaphysics of science can be informed by chemistry. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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| Keywords: | metaphysics of chemistry philosophy of chemistry realism and reduction natural kinds causation laws of nature | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Natural Kinds General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Vanessa A. Seifert | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2024 12:32 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 12:32 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23910 | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Natural Kinds General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | 14 December 2023 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23910 |
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