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Chemistry's Metaphysics

Chemistry's Metaphysics
Open Access

Chemistry's Metaphysics

Vanessa A. Seifert, University of Athens, Greece
January 2024
Available
Paperback
9781009238823

    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.

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    January 2024
    Paperback
    9781009238823
    86 pages
    230 × 150 × 6 mm
    0.152kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Natural kinds
    • 3. Realism and reduction
    • 4. Laws and causes
    • 5. Conclusion
    • References.
      Author
    • Vanessa A. Seifert , University of Athens, Greece