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van Brakel, J., Vermeeren, H.P.: On the philosophy of chemistry. Philos. Res. Arch. 7, 501–552 (1981). In addition, he published the first full-length monograph since the modern revival of the field. J. van Brakel, Philosophy of Chemistry, Louvain University Press, Louvain, Belgium, 2000. In his plenary lecture van Brakel talked about what does and does not constitute genuine work in the field. I would just to complement this by saying that one can never predict where the next advance may come from in any area of study. I believe there is still something to be said for inviting contributions from all possible sources, especially in a still developing discipline such as the philosophy of chemistry.
For those who are not aware of it, we have an informal arrangement whereby alternating meetings take place in Europe and the Americas, although there is no reason why we would not consider a meeting in another continent. As a matter of fact some interest has already been expressed from Australia, which has a very active tradition in the history and philosophy of science and which has already hosted an international meeting on chemistry. See the special issue of Foundations of Chemistry edited by Alan Chalmers in volume 14, number 1, 2012.
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Scerri, E. Editorial 42. Found Chem 14, 189–190 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9167-8
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