Philosophy of chemistry / Hrvoj Vančik.
2021
QD6
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Title
Philosophy of chemistry / Hrvoj Vančik.
Author
Vančik, Hrvoj, author.
ISBN
3030692248 (electronic book)
9783030692247 (electronic bk.)
303069223X
9783030692230
9783030692247 (electronic bk.)
303069223X
9783030692230
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-69224-7 doi
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QD6
Dewey Decimal Classification
540.1
Summary
This book, Philosophy of Chemistry, is dedicated to some of the general principles of philosophy of chemistry, the special branch of philosophy of science. Since the work is a collection of lectures that the Author gave at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) during the period of twenty years, the book could serve also as a university textbook in philosophy of chemistry. Philosophy of chemistry is represented through the discussion about some of the general philosophical problems such as, theory of complexity, autonomy of sciences, epistemology, falsificationism, emergence and unity of science, holism and reductionism, the problem of identity, and hierarchical structures, as well as the teleological aspects of science. The work consists from thirteen chapters where the main science-philosophical problems are represented and discussed within the historical context of the development of chemistry as a science. The book is aimed at wider academic audience interesting in the philosophy of science, and especially at university students of life sciences.
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Series
Integrated science ; 2.
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Table of Contents
Chemistry and Philosophy of Science
Perceptions, Experiments and Principles
Synthesis of Philosophy and Technology
Alchemy
Occult Enlightenment
Conceptualization of Science and Experimental Model Systems
Ceteris Paribus
Scientific Revolution in Chemistry
Atoms and Molecules
Systematization, Classification, Structure, and Elements
11 Models and Reality
Limits of Structural Theory
Teleology.
Perceptions, Experiments and Principles
Synthesis of Philosophy and Technology
Alchemy
Occult Enlightenment
Conceptualization of Science and Experimental Model Systems
Ceteris Paribus
Scientific Revolution in Chemistry
Atoms and Molecules
Systematization, Classification, Structure, and Elements
11 Models and Reality
Limits of Structural Theory
Teleology.