Preprint

Scerri, Eric (2024) The Born-Oppenheimer approximation and its role in the reduction of chemistry. [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2024) A brief response to Seifert. [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2022) Hasok Chang on the Nature of Acids. [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2022) A commentary on Weisberg’s critique of the ‘structural conception’ of chemical bonding. [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2019) The Periodic Table and the Turn to Practice. [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2006) What if the periodic table starts and ends with triads? [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2005) Some aspects of the metaphysics of chemistry and the nature of the elements. [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric (2000) Philosophy of Chemistry - A New Interdisciplinary Field? [Preprint]

Scerri, Eric and McIntyre, Lee (1997) The Case for Philosophy of Chemistry. [Preprint]

Conference or Workshop Item

Scerri, Eric (2006) Reduction and Emergence in Chemistry - Two Recent Approches. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Scerri, Eric (2002) Principles and Parameters in Physics and Chemistry. In: UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)

Published Article or Volume

Scerri, Eric (2024) A Commentary on Robin Hendry’s Views on Molecular Structure, Emergence and Chemical Bonding. New Mechanism: Explanation, Emergence and Reduction. pp. 161-177.

Scerri, Eric (2024) Laws of nature according to some philosophers of science and according to chemists. Foundations of Chemistry, 26 (3). pp. 327-341.

Scerri, Eric (2023) How and why the Periodic Table should be elevated to a higher status in chemistry courses, and a very brief history of the periodic table. IMMAGINI E STRUMENTI DIGITALI NELLA DIDATTICA DELLE SCIENZE. pp. 9-20.

Scerri, Eric (2022) In praise of chemical triads. Foundations of Chemistry, 24. pp. 285-300. ISSN 1386-4238

Scerri, Eric (2022) Various forms of the periodic table including the left‑step table, the regularization of atomic number triads and first‑member anomalies. Chem Texts, 6 (8).

Scerri, Eric (2022) A new response to Wray and an attempt to widen the conversation,. Substantia, 7 (1). pp. 35-43.

Scerri, Eric and Reznik, David (2022) The tree of life and the table of the elements. OUP Blog.

Scerri, Eric (2021) Book review of “The Periodic Table, Past Present and Future by G. Rayner-Canham. Foundations of Chemistry, 23. pp. 293-295. ISSN 1386-4238

Scerri, Eric (2021) Causation, Electronic Configurations and the Periodic Table. Synthese, 198. pp. 9709-9720.

Scerri, Eric (2021) How was Nicholson’s highly inconsistent atomic theory able to yield explanatory as well as predictive success? Contemporary Scientific Realism: The Challenge from the History of Science.

Scerri, Eric (2021) Integrating the History and Philosophy of Science and restoring the centrality of the Periodic Table into a college general chemistry course. Chimica Nella Scuola, 4, 16-23, 2021., 4. pp. 16-23.

Scerri, Eric (2021) Provisional report on Discussions on Group 3 of the Periodic Table. Chemistry International, 31. pp. 31-34.

Scerri, Eric (2021) Reassessing the Notion of a Kuhnian Revolution What Happened in Twentieth-Century Chemistry. B. Wray (ed.), Interpreting Kuhn,. pp. 124-141.

Scerri, Eric (2021) The impact of twentieth century physics on the periodic table and some remaining questions in the twenty-first century,. 150 Years of the Periodic Table - A Commemorative Symposium. pp. 409-423.

Scerri, Eric and Ghibaudi, Elena (2020) Introduction to book: What Is a Chemical Element? What is a chemical element?.

Scerri, Eric (2020) On Chemical Natural Kinds. Journal for the General Philosophy of Science, 51. pp. 427-445.

Scerri, Eric (2019) Can Quantum Ideas Explain Chemistry’s Greatest Icon? Nature Magazine, 565. pp. 557-558.

Scerri, Eric (2019) Five ideas in chemical education that must die,. Foundations of Chemistry, 21. pp. 61-69. ISSN 1386-4238

Scerri, Eric (2017) The Gulf Between Chemistry and Philosophy of Chemistry, Then and Now. Structural Chemistry, 28. pp. 1599-1605.

Scerri, Eric (2017) In response to “Super-Saturated Chemistry”. Inference, International Review of Science, 3 (1).

Scerri, Eric (2016) The Changing Views of a Philosopher of Chemistry on the Question of Reduction. Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry,. pp. 125-143.

Scerri, Eric (2015) The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 373. ISSN 0962-8436

Scerri, Eric (2013) Cracks in the Periodic Table. Scientific American. pp. 32-37.

Scerri, Eric (2012) Is it time to get real? New Scientist. pp. 30-31.

Scerri, Eric (2012) A critique of Weisberg’s view on the periodic table and some speculations on the nature of classifications. Foundations of Chemistry, 14. pp. 275-284. ISSN 1386-4238

Scerri, Eric (2011) Forum: Philosophy of Classification. Knowledge Organization, 38. pp. 9-24.

Scerri, Eric (2011) A review of research on the history and philosophy of the periodic table. Journal of Science Education, 12. pp. 4-7.

Scerri, Eric (2009) Chemistry Goes Abstract. Nature Chemistry, 1. pp. 679-680.

Scerri, Eric (2008) Book review of Eric Scerri's The Periodic table, Its Story and Its Significance, OUP, 2007. KNowledge Organization (35). pp. 251-255.

Other

Scerri, Eric (2006) On the Continuity of Reference of the Elements. A Response to Hendry. UNSPECIFIED.

Scerri, Eric (2006) On the Continuity of Reference of the Elements: A Response to Hendry. UNSPECIFIED.

Scerri, Eric (2003) Response to Vollmer's Review of "Of Minds and Molecules". UNSPECIFIED.

Scerri, Eric (2000) Have Orbitals Really Been Observed? UNSPECIFIED.