On the formalization of the periodic table
Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 84 (1):191-210 (2005)
| Abstract | A critique is given of the attempt by Hettema and Kuipers to formalize the periodic table. In particular I dispute their notions of identifying a naïve periodic table with tables having a constant periodicity of eight elements and their views on the different conceptions of the atom by chemists and physicists. The views of Hettema and Kuipers on the reduction of the periodic system to atomic physics are also considered critically. | |||||||||
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