The Philosophical Premises of the Science of Chemistry, Deduced from the Disputes on Academic Identity of Chemistry

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  • アイデンティティー論争から見えてきた化学の深層構造:Science of Chemistry の前提と課題
  • アイデンティティー ロンソウ カラ ミエテ キタ カガク ノ シンソウ コウゾウ Science of Chemistry ノ ゼンテイ ト カダイ

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Chemistry has its own tool of reasoning, indispensable to making sense of chemical observation, and to deducing the molecular mechanisms of the thus observed phenomena. Those conceptual constructs such as "the valency", "the chemical bond", and "the asymmetric carbon" are among the well-known examples, and worth detailed historical as well as philosophical analysis to understand the character of the chemical knowledge. The rapid expansion of the "chemical facts" on the one hand, and the relatively slower development of the tool of reasoning on the other, might be responsible for what is referred to as the "identity crisis of chemistry", epistemologically difficult situation of too much expanded research field.

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