Article ID: CBB001024150

Understanding Science through Its History: A Response to Newman (2011)

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The paper is a response to William Newman's rebuttal of a critique of his account of the origins of modern chemistry by Alan Chalmers. A way in which the nature of science can be illuminated by history of science is identified and an account of how this can be achieved in the context of a study of the work of Boyle defended in the face of Newman's criticism. Texts from the writings of Boyle that are cited by Newman as posing problems for Chalmers' thesis are interpreted as in fact supporting it.

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Description Regarding a discussion of the origin of modern chemistry.


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Authors & Contributors
Newman, William Royall
Banchetti-Robino, Marina Paola
Clericuzio, Antonio
Inglehart, Ashley J.
Newman, William R.
Joy, Lynn S.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Foundations of Chemistry
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Kluwer Academic
Ashgate
Indiana University
Concepts
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Atomism
Chemistry
Physics
Natural philosophy
Matter theory
People
Boyle, Robert
Sennert, Daniel
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
Descartes, René
Balduin, Christian Adolph
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
Early modern
16th century
Modern
Places
England
Great Britain
Scotland
Netherlands
France
Europe
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