Philosophical Chemistry : Genealogy of a Scientific Field Paperback / softback
by Professor Manuel (University of Pennsylvania, USA) DeLanda
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Philosophical Chemistry furthers Manuel DeLanda’s revolutionary intervention in the philosophy of science and science studies.
Against a monadic and totalizing understanding of science, DeLanda’s historicizing investigation traces the centrality of divergence, specialization and hybridization through the fields and subfields of chemistry. This book creates a model of a scientific field capable of accommodating the variation and differentiation evident in the history of scientific practice.
The three chapters deal with one subfield of chemistry in the century in which it was developed: eighteenth-century inorganic chemistry, nineteenth-century organic chemistry, and nineteenth-century physical chemistry.
DeLanda proposes a model that is made of three components: a domain of phenomena, a community of practitioners, and a set of instruments and techniques connecting the community to the domain. Philosophical Chemistry will be essential reading for those engaged in emergent, radical and contemporary strands of thought in the philosophy of science and for those scholars and students who strive to practice a productive dialogue between the two disciplines.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/10/2019
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- ISBN:9781474286404
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/10/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474286404