Article ID: CBB703605057

Mechanistic Trends in Chemistry (2018)

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During the twentieth century, the mechanistic worldview came under attack mainly because of the rise of quantum mechanics, but some of its basic characteristics survived and are still evident within current science in some form or other. Many scholars have produced interesting studies of such significant mechanistic trends within current physics and biology but very few have bothered to explore the effects of this worldview on current chemistry. This paper makes a contribution to fill this gap. It presents first a brief historical overview of the mechanistic worldview and then examines the present situation within chemistry by referring to current studies in the philosophy of chemistry and determining which trends are still mechanistic in spirit and which are not.

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Authors & Contributors
Schmit, Christophe
Janiak, Andrew
Cioci, Vincenzo
Garau, Rodolfo
Guidi, Simone
Schliesser, Erick
Concepts
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Physics
Philosophy of science
Chemistry
Motion (physical)
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
20th century
19th century
16th century
Early modern
Places
France
England
Europe
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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