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Correction to: A process ontology approach in biochemistry: the case of GPCRs and biosignaling

According to process ontology in the philosophy of biology, the living world is better understood as processes rather than as substantial individuals. Within this perspective, an organism does not ... processual approaches on enzymes by Stein (Hyle Int J Philos Chem 10(4):5-22, 2004, Process Stud 34:62-80, 2005, Found Chem 8:3-29, 2006) and by Guttinger (Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of

“Sharp of taste”: the concept of acidity in the Greek system of natural explanation

-philosophical tradition, starting with Hesiod´s Theogony and on the other, to the then available to the Greeks organoleptic experiences of sourness-vinegar and sour milk. Acidity; Theogony; Greek philosophy ... philosophers (essentially natural philosophers, in contrast to the strands of philosophy that were to flourish in the Hellenistic era)2 included virtually all the major names of the Greek thought of the pre

Reevaluating Politicized Identity & Notions of an American Political Community in the Legal & Political Process

, Public Law and Legal Theory Commons , Race, Ethnicity and Post- 3 New York University - Washington , D.C. , USA 4 Commons, Cultural Heritage Law Commons, Election Law Commons , Ethics and Political ... Philosophy 5 Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Constitutional Law Commons , Courts Follow this and additional works at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ijlse Colonial Studies Commons

Ranked Choice Voting: How Voters Have Responded to a Failing Political System

A long-standing colloquialism amongst politicians and people in the political world is “People love their congressmen but hate Congress.”4 While not a new sentiment, distrust of the political system

Centenary Workshop on the Bifurcation of Acidity -Protonism vs. Electronism

university (Upper Franconia/Bavaria/Germany). Latest after that June 1993, my main research interests turned to the history and philosophy of chemistry. Hence, with the Centenary Workshop, I am happy to look ... development of what some observers tend to call modern philosophy of chemistry. The idea to hold a meeting on the mentioned topic emerged from my research activities over the last almost ten years, during which

Serving Only to Oppress: An Intersectional and Critical Race Analysis of Constitutional Originalism Inflicting Harm

Constitution were set at the founding and have not changed or adapted since. See Marcia Coyle, ‘His Judicial Philosophy Is Mine’: Amy Barrett Touts Scalia in Remarks From Rose Garden, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL ... (Sep. 26, 2020), https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/09/26/his-judicial-philosophy-is-mine-amy-barrett-toutsscalia-in-remarks-from-rose-garden/?slreturn=20230227132623. 2023] value judgments in

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Philosophy of Chemistry meeting in 2022. The meeting was virtual because of the COVID pandemic. Because of the number of papers submitted, Eric Scerri and I decided to split the proceedings in two. The choice

Electronegativity as a new case for emergence and a new problem for reductionism

philosophy of chemistry, the debate is at somewhat of an impasse. Ontological reductionism asserts that physical systems are causally complete, so that all chemical properties ought in principle to * be ... . : Is Water H2O? Evidence, Realism and Pluralism. Springer, Dordrecht ( 2012 ) Chang , H. : Prospects for an integrated history and philosophy of composition . In: Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of

In praise of triads

in the philosophy of chemistry, is alluded to in further support of such a relocation of helium that may at first appear to contradict chemical intuition. ... responsible for reviving this question in the philosophy of science, have insisted that one should not attribute a microscopic interpretation to this notion. Some including Ruthenberg emphasize the

Reactivity in chemistry: the propensity view

requisite evidence for/against both the mechanisms and single case chances ascribed. Philosophy of chemistry; Philosophy of probability; Chance; Chemical reactivity Probability: ontology and statistical ... within the philosophy of chemistry, the nature of chance and probability in these discussions, and in chemistry at large, remains underexplored. This is surprising since, for chemistry, the reductive basis

The poetry of the universe, the periodic table, and the scientific progress: a review of new studies on the periodic table of the elements

) . Periodic table as an object of the philosophy of science with historiographic means Eric Scerri, a distinguished theorist of the periodic table, presents—now in the second edition—a material-rich and ... comprehensive (XXVII & 472 pages) study that uses the history of the periodic table as a source of fundamental questions in the philosophy of 1 D.  Mendelejeff, Ueber die Beziehungen der Eigenschaften zu den

Recognizing America's "Religious Nones" and Their Influence on Political and Legal Norms

Berlinerblau defines secularism as ?[a] political philosophy which . . . is preoccupied with, and often deeply suspicious of, any and all relations between government and religion.?50 And, finally, defining ... philosophy that results in depriving religious leaders of political power but maintaining a benign attitude toward their religious beliefs. This notion has been consistently backed by religious liberals, the

An unlikely bifurcation: history of sustainable (but not Green) chemistry

and detractors, since ‘green’ is vividly evocative but may assume an unintended political connotation, whereas ‘sustainable’ can be paraphrased as ‘chemistry for a sustainable environment’, and may be ... means something different in countries such as the U.S. and Germany. (…) In Germany, the term ‘green’ in many elicits political-sociological feelings - for instance, fear of production shutdowns in

Chemical reduction and quantum interpretation: A case for thomistic emergence

philosophy of physics on the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Hendry and Lombardi’s emergentist argument Lombardi (2014) takes molecular shape as the central issue relating the ontologies of chemistry ... Multiverse , by D. Wallace]. Philosophy of Science , 82 ( 1 ), 129 - 148 . ( 2015 ). https://doi.org/10.1086/679037 Bassi , A. , Ghirardi , G. : The Conway-Kochen argument and relativistic GRW Models . Found

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announcing that the next annual conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC) will be held in Varaždin, a city close to Zagreb in Croatia and will be organized by Professor

Moving beyond insularity in the history, philosophy, and sociology of chemistry

This essay supports and encourages multiple disciplinary interactions for practitioners of the disciplines of chemistry, history of chemistry, philosophy of chemistry, and sociology of chemistry. ... chemistry, and sociology of chemistry. Multidisciplinarity; Interdisciplinarity of chemistry; Sociology of chemistry; History of chemistry; Philosophy - We have everything in common with ‘‘America

Quasi-Compliance: An Examination of Russia and the European Court of Human Rights

Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is the world’s “most advanced” mechanism for human rights protection and enforcement.4 The ECHR names and protects 16 rights, including political rights such as freedom of ... Ingelevič-Citak “Russia Against Ukraine Before the European Court of Human Rights. The Empire Strikes Back?” Polish Political Science Yearbook, vol. 51 (2022): 7–29, 18. 24 “Russia Quits Europe’s Rule of Law

Bifurcations

of chemistry for over a hundred years now, that is after the Long 19th Century.17 The physicalistic ideal of earlier philosophy of science was the concept that phenomena can be reduced to fundamental ... ( 2022 ) Tantillo , D.J. , Seeman , J.I. : On a unified theory of acids and bases: Hasok Chang, Eric R. Scerri, modern theoretical chemistry, and the philosophy of chemistry . Found Chem 25 , 1 - 22 ( 2023 )

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philosophy of chemistry. Annie immediately asked whether there was any journal for this field and when I said that there wasn’t she suggested that I might start one. Following several years of planning and ... further meetings with Annie and others, the first volume of Foundations of Chemistry was published in 1999. The mission of the journal, from the beginning, was to include articles in philosophy of

Scientific representation and science identity: the case of chemistry

theory and the inferentialist proposals in the philosophy of science developed during more or less the same years, namely the turn of the twenty-first century. For, in fact, there is no evidence that the ... philosophy approach to inferentialism in chemistry. For, in fact, the way chemists (most of them, as it seems sensible to assume, fully unacquainted with the recent contributions of the philosophers of science