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What do you associate with chemistry? Explosions, innovative materials, plastics, pollution? The public's confused and contradictory conception of chemistry as basic science, industrial producer and polluter contributes to what we present in this book as chemistry's image as an impure science. Historically, chemistry has always been viewed as impure both in terms of its academic status and its role in transforming modern society. While exploring the history of this science we argue for a characteristic philosophical approach that distinguishes chemistry from physics. This reflection leads us to a philosophical stance that we characterise as operational realism. In this new expanded edition we delve deeper into the questions of properties and potentials that are so important for this philosophy that is based on the manipulation of matter rather than the construction of theories.
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This book uses history to introduce central issues in the philosophy of chemistry. Mobilizing the theme of impurity, it explores the tradition of chemistry's negative image. It then argues for the positive philosophical value of chemistry, reflecting its characteristic practical engagement with the material world. The book concludes with some ethical reflections concerning chemistry's orientations in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent is Professor of History at the University of Paris X. She is the author of "A History of Chemistry" and other books.
Jonathan Simon is Professor of Law at Boalt Hall and author of "Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear".
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- PublisherImperial College Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 184816811X
- ISBN 13 9781848168114
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages296
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