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The Union of Chemistry and Physics - Linkages, Reduction, Theory Nets and Ontology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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The Union of Chemistry and Physics - Linkages, Reduction, Theory Nets and Ontology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 7
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This monograph deals with the interrelationship between chemistry
and physics, and especially the role played by quantum chemistry as
a theory in between these two disciplines. The author uses
structuralist approach to explore the overlap between the two
sciences, looking at their theoretical and ontological borrowings
as well as their continuity. The starting point of this book is
that there is at least a form of unity between chemistry and
physics, where the reduction relation is conceived as a special
case of this unity. However, matters are never concluded so simply
within philosophy of chemistry, as significant problems exist
around a number of core chemical ideas. Specifically, one cannot
take the obvious success of quantum theories as outright support
for a reductive relationship. Instead, in the context of a suitably
adapted Nagelian framework for reduction, modern chemistry's
relationship to physics is constitutive. The results provided by
quantum chemistry, in partic ular, have significant consequences
for chemical ontology. This book is ideal for students, scholars
and academics from the field of Philosophy of Science, and
particularly for those with an interest in Philosophy of Chemistry
and Physics.
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