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Chemistry's Metaphysics

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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Item Type: Open Access Book
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Seifert, Vanessa A.vs14902@bristol.ac.uk0000-0002-5391-0791
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
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
Date: 14 December 2023
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23910

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