philosophy of chemistry

Vanessa Seifert

Mar 10, 20234 min read

Let’s promote a feminist philosophy of chemistry!

In this post, Vanessa Seifert reflects on some interesting questions to pursue in the context of a feminist philosophy of chemistry

James Ladyman & Vanessa Seifert

May 24, 20225 min read

The contributions of Geoffrey Blumenthal: From Copernicus’s astronomy to Lavoisier’s chemistry

The contributions of Geoffrey Blumenthal to the history and philosophy of science

Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino

Apr 15, 20225 min read

Beyond Cartesian Mechanicism: Robert Boyle’s Chemical Philosophy

Central themes of Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino's book "The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle: Mechanicism, Chymical Atoms, and Emergence"

Marabel Riesmeier

Nov 26, 20215 min read

Understanding chemical substance (is harder than you might think)

What is a chemical substance? In this post, Marabel Riesmeier argues that answering this question is more complicated than one might think.

Chris Campbell

Jun 7, 20214 min read

Are chemical models iconic?

Accounts of how diagrams and models represent scientific objects, such as molecules and crystal structures, can be captured under two...

Hernán Accorinti and Juan Camilo Martínez González

Apr 9, 20214 min read

Are chemical models representative?

Challenging the traditional theory-centered view, the philosophy of science of the last decades has directed its attention to models.

Vanessa Seifert

Jun 2, 20205 min read

Philosophy of chemistry- is that a thing???!!

Philosophy of chemistry – that is a thing! Whether one thinks of it as a separate field of philosophy or as a sub-discipline within the...

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