Eric Scerri is a leading philosopher of science specializing in the history and philosophy of chemistry and especially the periodic table. He is also the founder and editor in chief of the international journal Foundations of Chemistry and has been a full-time lecturer at UCLA for the past twenty years where he regularly teaches classes of 350 chemistry students as well as classes in history and the philosophy of science. Altogether, Scerri has authored or edited a total of 11 books and over 150 journal articles. Elena Ghibaudi is a bioinorganic chemist with interest in the philosophy of chemistry and chemical education. She is Assistant Professor within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Torino in Italy, and she teaches classes in general and bioinorganic chemistry, as well as in chemical education. Ghibaudi is the author of several articles in the field of chemical education and the philosophy of chemistry including an influential article on the notion of chemical element. She is a member of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry.
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* Foreword Philip Ball * Introduction Eric R. Scerri * CHAPTER 1: The many questions raised by the dual concept of 'element' Eric R. Scerri * CHAPTER 2: From simple substance to chemical element Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent * CHAPTER 3: Dmitrii Mendeleev's concept of the chemical element prior to the Periodic Law Nathan M. Brooks * CHAPTER 4: Referring to chemical elements and compounds: Colourless airs in late eighteenth century chemical practice Geoffrey Blumenthal, James Ladyman, and Vanessa Seifert * CHAPTER 5: The Changing Relation Between Atomicity and Elementarity: From Lavoisier to Dalton Marina P. Banchetti-Robino * CHAPTER 6: Origins of the Ambiguity of the Current Definition of Chemical Element Joseph E. Earley * CHAPTER 7: The Existence of Elements, and the Elements of Existence Robin F. Hendry * CHAPTER 8: Kant, Cassirer, and the Idea of Chemical Element Farzad Mahootian * CHAPTER 9: The Operational Definition of the Elements: A Philosophical Reappraisal Joachim Schummer * CHAPTER 10: Substance and Function: The case of Chemical Elements Jean-Pierre Llored * CHAPTER 11: Making elements Klaus Ruthenberg * CHAPTER 12: A formal approach to the conceptual development of chemical element Guillermo Restrepo * CHAPTER 13: Chemical Elements and Chemical Substances: Rethinking Paneth's Distinction Sara N. Hjimans * CHAPTER 14: The dual conception of the chemical element: epistemic aspects and implications for chemical education Elena Ghibaudi, Alberto Regis, and Ezio Roletto * Appendix: Reference list on the philosophy of chemistry * Index
* Foreword Philip Ball * Introduction Eric R. Scerri * CHAPTER 1: The many questions raised by the dual concept of 'element' Eric R. Scerri * CHAPTER 2: From simple substance to chemical element Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent * CHAPTER 3: Dmitrii Mendeleev's concept of the chemical element prior to the Periodic Law Nathan M. Brooks * CHAPTER 4: Referring to chemical elements and compounds: Colourless airs in late eighteenth century chemical practice Geoffrey Blumenthal, James Ladyman, and Vanessa Seifert * CHAPTER 5: The Changing Relation Between Atomicity and Elementarity: From Lavoisier to Dalton Marina P. Banchetti-Robino * CHAPTER 6: Origins of the Ambiguity of the Current Definition of Chemical Element Joseph E. Earley * CHAPTER 7: The Existence of Elements, and the Elements of Existence Robin F. Hendry * CHAPTER 8: Kant, Cassirer, and the Idea of Chemical Element Farzad Mahootian * CHAPTER 9: The Operational Definition of the Elements: A Philosophical Reappraisal Joachim Schummer * CHAPTER 10: Substance and Function: The case of Chemical Elements Jean-Pierre Llored * CHAPTER 11: Making elements Klaus Ruthenberg * CHAPTER 12: A formal approach to the conceptual development of chemical element Guillermo Restrepo * CHAPTER 13: Chemical Elements and Chemical Substances: Rethinking Paneth's Distinction Sara N. Hjimans * CHAPTER 14: The dual conception of the chemical element: epistemic aspects and implications for chemical education Elena Ghibaudi, Alberto Regis, and Ezio Roletto * Appendix: Reference list on the philosophy of chemistry * Index
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