Revolutions in science, revolutions in chemistry

IF 1.8 3区化学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2023-03-18 DOI:10.1007/s10698-023-09467-w

Jeffrey I. Seeman

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Despite decades of research and thought on the meaning and identification of revolutions in science, there is no generally accepted definition for this concept. This paper presents 13 different characteristics that have been used by philosophers and historians of science to characterize revolutions in science, in general, and in chemistry, in particular. These 13 characteristics were clustered into six independent factors. Suggestions are provided as to the use of these characteristics and factors to evaluate historical events as to their possible categorization as revolutions in chemistry. Challenges to the goal of creating a consensus definition of “revolutions in science” are also presented in this publication.

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科学革命，化学革命

尽管对科学革命的意义和识别进行了数十年的研究和思考，但这一概念并没有得到普遍接受的定义。本文提出了13个不同的特征，这些特征通常被哲学家和科学史学家用来描述科学革命，特别是化学革命。这13个特征被聚为6个独立的因素。对于如何利用这些特征和因素来评价历史事件，以及如何将这些事件归类为化学革命，提出了一些建议。本出版物还提出了对“科学革命”的共识定义这一目标的挑战。

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Foundations of Chemistry HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-

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