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Protochmeistry. The Program of a Methodical Foundation of Chemistry. “Protochemistry” — in analogy to protophysics — is sketched as the program of a methodical foundation of chemistry. “Foundation” means to reconstruct the methods (both linguistic and poietic) which lead from the prescientific every-day-practice of mastering properties of substances to scientific theories of modern chemistry. Four types of chemical terms are distinguished, depending on different methods of definition and different areas of reference. Consequences of the program if realized are pointed out.
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Vortrag, gehalten beim Werkstattgespräch „Chemie zwischen Naturerkenntnis und knowhow“ in Bonn — Bad Godesberg (März 1993), veranstaltet vom Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft und dem Fonds der chemischen Industrie, im Rahmen des Programms „Chemie und Geisteswissenschaften“.
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Janich, P. Protochemie. J Gen Philos Sci 25, 71–87 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00769277
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00769277