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Chemistry has played a greater role in the French philosophy of science than in other
philosophical traditions; Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent has argued that the attention
that Duhem, Meyerson, Metzger and Bachelard paid to chemistry had a profound impact
on their philosophies, which as a consequence share concerns and views of science,
despite their differences. Cristina Chimisso investigates the philosophical importance
of chemistry within the French tradition by focussing on the significance of chemistry
for some crucial aspects of the philosophy of Bachelard. I shall focus on the specific
lessons that chemistry affords philosophy according to Bachelard, in particular concerning
the role of analysis and synthesis in the development of knowledge, the concept of
substance, and the concept of scientific object. Bachelard shared his focus on chemistry
with other philosophers, and yet he ‘learned’ quite different lessons from it than
for instance Meyerson. Chimisso argues that philosophers, just like scientists, construct
their own object (e.g. history of chemistry) and that they do so differently. I shall
briefly outline some of the philosophical ideas that contributed to Bachelard’s construction
of his own philosophical objects. |
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Chimisso, Cristina (2013). A matter of substance? Gaston Bachelard on chemistry's
philosophical lessons. In: Galavotti, Maria Carla; Nemeth, Elisabeth and Stadler,
Friederich eds. European Philosophy of Science - Philosophy of Science in Europe
and the Viennese Heritage. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, 17. Springer, pp.
33–44. |
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Chimisso, Cristina (2013). A matter of substance? Gaston Bachelard on chemistry's
philosophical lessons. In: Galavotti, Maria Carla; Nemeth, Elisabeth and Stadler,
Friederich eds. European Philosophy of Science - Philosophy of Science in Europe
and the Viennese Heritage. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, 17. Springer, pp.
33–44. |
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A matter of substance? Gaston Bachelard on chemistry's philosophical lessons |
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