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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in metaphysics,
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009785329706719 |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (77 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| ISBN: | 9781009238830 9781009238854 9781009238861 |
| Access: | Open Access. |
