Article ID: CBB908780011

Discursos y actores históricos que determinaron el cambio de la Alquimia a la Química: una interpretación (2018)

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El cambio Alquimia-Química respondió a dinámicas sociales, económicas, políticas y epistémicas en momentos precisos de la Historia. Ello se explica desde dos aristas: un cambio epistémico y uno político-social. El primero hace referencia a la sustitución del vitalismo y el corpuscularismo —que sustentaba la Alquimia—, al mecanicismo, cartesianismo –sustento de la Química como disciplina científica—. El segundo alude al surgimiento de instituciones que incorporaban o excluían discursos de acuerdo con su utilidad en la solución de problemas políticos y sociales en medio de la crisis del Ancien Régime y del ascenso de una clase social. En tal dinámica, la idea de progreso fue determinante. The shift Alchemy-Chemistry answered to social, political, economic and epistemic dynamics characteristics to precise moments of history. This can be explained from two viewpoints: the epistemic shift and the socio-political shift. The former refers to the replacement of vitalism and corpuscularism —which supported alchemy— by mechanism, cartesianism and pragmatism —which supported chemistry as a scientific discipline—. The latter alludes to the emergence of institutions that included and excluded speeches according to its utility in solving political and social problems in the middle of the crisis of Ancient Regime and the emergence of a social class. In this dinamic, the idea of progress was crucial.

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Authors & Contributors
Banchetti-Robino, Marina Paola
Krickel, Beate
Guidi, Simone
Schmit, Christophe
Bokaris, Efthymios
Vargas, Evelyn
Concepts
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Chemistry
Alchemy
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Physics
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
Early modern
19th century
16th century
Modern
Places
France
Atlantic Ocean
Italy
Europe
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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