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The philosophy of chemistry : practices, methodologies, and concepts / edited by Jean-Pierre Llored

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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.
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1 online resource (xix, 764 pages) : illustrations
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Llored, Jean-Pierre
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Contents
Table of contents; preface -- roald hoffmann; preface -- rom harré; introduction; exploring chemical practices -- part i; the new challenges of current chemical practices; life cycle assessment and ecodesign; the precautionary principle and chemical risks; the limits of modern chemical analysis; interdisciplinary issues in nanoscale research; chemistry of the stratosphere; current relations between chemistry and biology; chemistry and interfaces; conclusion; methodologies -- part ii; historical approaches; philosophy of chemistry; the chemical bond., The relevance of boyle's chemical philosophy for contemporary philosophy of chemistrydiderot, philosopher of chemistry, from the enlightenment to contemporary science; social dynamics of science in the making; agricultural chemistry, agriculture andwhat will happen to the world; techno-scientific approaches; some remarks on the origin, scope and evolution of the notion of "technoscience"; chemistry as a technoscience?; materiality and abstraction inmodern chemistry; practical approaches; what is a scientific concept; from chemical practices to a relational philosophy of chemistry., Chemical analysis as dematerializationapragmatic approach to the atomic model in chemistry; the tao of chemistry; complementary chemistry; transcendental approaches; akantian perspective for the philosophy of chemistry; pragmatically naturalized transcendental philosophy of science and philosophy of chemistry; analytical approaches; three metaphysical issues in chemistry; mereological structure in chemical substances and their transformations; relations between levels from a chemical perspective; conclusion; concepts -- part iii; affordances and hinges., and Three concepts of chemical closure and their epistemological significancean invitation to chemical process philosophy; about the chemical experiment; sustainable chemistry; concepts of emergence in chemistry; downward causation without foundations; the significance of structure; metachemistry; global conclusion; contributors.
Summary
This volume connects chemistry and philosophy in order to face questions raised by chemistry in our present world. The idea is first to develop a kind of philosophy of chemistry which is deeply rooted in the exploration of chemical activities. We thus work in close contact with chemists (technicians, engineers, researchers, and teachers). Following this line of reasoning, the first part of the book encourages current chemists to describe their workaday practices while insisting on the importa ...
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ISBN
1443867942 (electronic bk.)
9781443867948 (electronic bk.)
9781443846059 (hbk.)
1443846058 (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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