Chemical Explanation (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 988)

Chemical Explanation [Annals of NYAS, v.988]  ......Page title
Foreword (pages ix–x)......Page ix
by BRUCE E. SEELY......Page whom
Introduction (pages xi–xiii)......Page xi
1. Struc. Explanation, Its Evolving Forms (pages 1–15)......Page p1
2. Explaining Explanation in Chemistry (pages 16–21)......Page p16
3. On Explanatory Practice & Disciplinary Identity (pages 22–29)......Page p22
4. Ignis Fatuus of Reduction & Unification : Back to the Rough Ground (pages 30–43)......Page p30
5. Autonomy, &c.: Physicists & Chemists on Molecular QM (pages 44–58)......Page p44
6. Natural Kinds, Explanation, & Essentialism in Chemistry (pages 59–70)......Page p59
7. The Primary Properties? (pages 71–79)......Page p71
8. Varieties of Properties : Alt. Distinction among Qualities (pages 80–89)......Page p80
9. Property Reduction in Chemistry : Some Lessons (pages 90–98)......Page p90
10. Chemical Substances & Intensive Properties (pages 99–113)......Page p99
11. Paradoxes of Measurement (pages 114–127)......Page p114
1. Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (pages 128–132)......Page p128
2. Reaction Mechanisms & Chemical Explanation (pages 133–140)......Page p133
3. Explanation in Organic Chemistry (pages 141–153)......Page p141
4. Ordinality of Causes in Complex Autocatalytic Systems (pages 154–157)......Page p154
5. Chirality : Ruch ‘Shoe-Potato’ Dichotomy, Right-Left Classification Problem (pages 158–170)......Page p158
6. How Harmful Is the First Law? (pages 171–181)......Page p171
7. Physical Explanation of the Periodic Table (pages 182–192)......Page p182
8. Gauge Theory and Chemical Structure (pages 193–202)......Page p193
9. Symmetry in Basic Physical Laws (pages 203–208)......Page p203
1. The Metaphorical Foundations of Chemical Explanation (pages 209–216)......Page p209
2. ‘Causes’ in Chemical Explanations (pages 217–226)......Page p217
3. John Dalton & the Aesthetics of Molecular Representation (pages 227–232)......Page p227
4. Writing as Thinking (pages 233–238)......Page p233
5. Statement Analysis in Chemistry (pages 239–243)......Page p239
6. Beyond the Dimensionality of Visualization in Chemistry (pages 244–249)......Page p244
7. Justifying Instr. Tech. of Analytical Chemistry (pages 250–256)......Page p250
8. Negotiated IDs of Chem. Instr: NMR Spectroscopy, 1956–1969 (pages 257–268)......Page p257
1. Chem. vs Biol. Explanations:...Reductionism in 19th C. Life Sciences (pages 269–281)......Page p269
2. Rufus\'s Th. of Mixture : Medieval Explanation of Chem. Combination (pages 282–292)......Page p282
3. Lavoisier-Kirwan Debate, Evaluation of Theories (pages 293–301)......Page p293
4. Social Background... Periodic Law: Mendeleev & Julius Lothar Meyer (pages 302–306)......Page p302
5. G.N. Lewis, Dialogue betw. Chem. & Physics (pages 307–312)......Page p307
6. Superiority of ‘Chemical Thinking’... Acc. to Hegel (pages 313–321)......Page p313
7. ...Philosophical Appreciation of Chemical Phenomena (pages 322–334)......Page p322
8. Chemistry Beyond Positivism (pages 335–344)......Page p335
9. Chem. Self-Organization... & Process Metaphysics (pages 345–352)......Page p345
10. Kitaro Nishida & Origin of Life (pages 353–358)......Page p353
11. Constructivism, Relativism, & Chemical Education (pages 359–369)......Page p359
12. The NSF & Philosophy of Chemistry (pages 370–376)......Page p370