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/Subject (Chemistry is typically considered to be a nomothetic science, i.e. a science interested in general laws rather than historical facts. Also, the unification of science is usually envisioned as an effort to connect particular scientific disciplines through their laws, e.g., the laws of chemistry are to be derived from the laws of physics. It is however equally sensible to combine the sciences through a single cosmic history. There is a large literature following this direction, albeit rarely focused on chemistry. In this paper some ideas concerning the possible role of a historical \(or idiographic\) chemistry are presented, with special attention to the notion of a genetic classification of chemical compounds, and to the counterintuitive proposition that many major branches of physics may in fact be explained by chemistry, not the opposite.)
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How Much History Can Chemistry Take?
Łukasz Lamża
Chemistry is typically considered to be a nomothetic science, i.e. a science interested in general laws rather than historical facts. Also, the unification of science is usually envisioned as an effort to connect particular scientific disciplines through their laws, e.g., the laws of chemistry are to be derived from the laws of physics. It is however equally sensible to combine the sciences through a single cosmic history. There is a large literature following this direction, albeit rarely focused on chemistry. In this paper some ideas concerning the possible role of a ‘historical’ (or ‘idiographic’) chemistry are presented, with special attention to the notion of a ‘genetic’ classification of chemical compounds, and to the counterintuitive proposition that many major branches of physics may in fact be explained by chemistry, not the opposite.
astrochemistry
geochemistry
classification of chemical compounds
nomothetic and idiographic sciences
unification of science
Copyright © 2010 by HYLE and Łukasz Lamża
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