Article ID: CBB229594511

The periodic table and the turn to practice (2020)

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The philosopher of chemistry Andrea Woody has recently published a wide-ranging article concerning the turn to practice in the philosophy of science. Her primary example consists of the use of different forms of representations by Lothar Meyer and Mendeleev when they presented their views on chemical periodicity. Woody believes that this distinction can cast light on various issues including why Mendeleev was able to make predictions while Meyer was not. Secondly, she claims that it can clarify the much-debated question concerning the relative values of prediction and accommodation of data in the way that the periodic system was accepted. Thirdly, Woody believes that such differences in the representation of periodicity can be used to argue for the explanatory nature of the periodic table in contrast with the more traditional view that the periodic table is not explanatory. This discussion examines each of these claims and argues that they need to be qualified and in some cases rejected.

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Authors & Contributors
Girolami, Gregory S.
Boeck, Gisela
Mainz, Vera V.
Robinson, Ann E.
Scerri, Eric R.
Orna, Mary Virginia
Concepts
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
Chemistry
Chemical elements
Classification
Atomic weights
Theory of the elements
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Places
Russia
Portugal
Germany
Institutions
UNESCO
United Nations
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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