Article ID: CBB001320765

František Wald's Empiricism (2013)

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Abstract: In this paper I present an ordered selection of citations from František Wald's publications and correspondence to give some idea of how he fitted in his times, how his views were received by contemporaries, and to illustrate his epistemological views. I highlight the originality of Wald's aim to develop a theory of chemistry on the basis of the concept of `phase', instead of the concepts of compound and element. In chemistry (including the material sciences) there has been a vast increase in substances that are phases (and not pure compounds), which makes Wald's work still relevant. Keywords: František Wald, Wilhelm Ostwald, phase concept, pure substance, non-stoichiometric, physical chemistry.

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Description Focuses on Wald's preference for the phase concept in chemistry over concepts of compound and element.


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Authors & Contributors
Gori, Pietro
Ziche, Paul
Kenichi Natsume
Zellini, Susanna
Marie Gueguen
ten Hagen, Sjang L.
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Physics
Philosophy
Chemistry
History of philosophy of science
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
Austro-hungary
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