Overview
- A comprehensive university textbook in philosophy of chemistry, an emerging field of the philosophy of science
- Opens questions about the origins of physics and chemistry, and the autonomy of sciences in general
- Discusses general philosophical questions, such as complexity, identity, analogy, emergence, structure, etc. in the frame of the scientific reasoning in chemistry
Part of the book series: Integrated Science (IS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book, Philosophy of Chemistry, is dedicated to some of the general principles of philosophy of chemistry, the special branch of philosophy of science. Since the work is a collection of lectures that the Author gave at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) during the period of twenty years, the book could serve also as a university textbook in philosophy of chemistry.
Philosophy of chemistry is represented through the discussion about some of the general philosophical problems such as, theory of complexity, autonomy of sciences, epistemology, falsificationism, emergence and unity of science, holism and reductionism, the problem of identity, and hierarchical structures, as well as the teleological aspects of science.
The work consists from thirteen chapters where the main science-philosophical problems are represented and discussed within the historical context of the development of chemistry as a science. The book is aimed at wider academic audience interesting in the philosophy of science, and especially at university students of life sciences.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hrvoj B. J. Vančik (Varaždin, Croatia, 1952) is professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. His scientific activity comprises the study of organic reaction mechanisms, especially thermally induced reactions in solid-state. Most of his work belongs to the field of vibrational structures of carbocations and solid-state reactions of nitroso and polynitroso compounds. His work in philosophy of science is focused on the theory of complexity in chemistry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy of Chemistry
Authors: Hrvoj Vančik
Series Title: Integrated Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69224-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69223-0Published: 23 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69226-1Published: 23 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69224-7Published: 22 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-9461
Series E-ISSN: 2662-947X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 151
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Chemistry/Food Science, general, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Epistemology