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Correspondence and Reduction in Chemistry

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Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 148))

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In his classic paper Heinz Post makes several references to the field of chemistryl. For example, he writes:

The chemical atom is no longer strictly an atom, yet whatever revolutions may occur in fundamental physics, the ordering of chemical atoms will remain. (Post 1971, p. 237)

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  1. Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, King’s College, University of London, UK

    Eric R. Scerri

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  1. Southeast Missouri State University, Missouri, USA

    Steven French

  2. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Harmke Kamminga

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Scerri, E.R. (1993). Correspondence and Reduction in Chemistry. In: French, S., Kamminga, H. (eds) Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 148. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1185-2_2

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