Lamza, Lukasz (2010) How much history can chemistry take? HYLE--International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry, 16 (2). pp. 104-120.
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Abstract
Chemistry is typically considered to be a nomothetic science, i.e. science interested in general laws rather than historical facts. Also, the unification of science is usually envisioned as an effort to connect particular scientific disciplines through their laws: e.g. laws of chemistry are derived from the laws of physics. It is however equally sensible to combine the sciences through a single cosmic history and there is a large literature following this direction, albeit rarely focused on chemistry. In the paper some ideas concerning the possible role of a ‘historical’ (or ‘idiographic’) chemistry are presented, with special attention paid to the notion of a ‘genetic’ classification of chemical compounds, and to the counterintuivite proposition that many major branches of physics may in fact be explained by chemistry, not the opposite.
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| Keywords: | philosophy of chemistry; nomothetic and idiographic sciences; astrochemistry; classification of chemical compounds | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Mr. Lukasz Lamza | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2013 13:59 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2013 17:52 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 9950 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | HYLE--International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/16-2/lamza.htm | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | 2010 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 104-120 | ||||||
| Volume: | 16 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9950 |
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