Chemistry's Metaphysics

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...

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Main Author Seifert, Vanessa A.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge University Press 14.12.2023
SeriesElements in Metaphysics
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Chemistry
Metaphysics
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Summary: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.
ISBN:1009467867
9781009238823
1009238825
9781009467865
DOI:10.1017/9781009238861