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Alchemy, chemistry and the history of science

Bruce T. Moran

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 31 (4):711-720 (2000)

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Is biotechnology the new alchemy?Georgiana Kirkham - 2009 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 40 (1):70-80.details In this article I examine similarities between the science and ethics of biotechnology on the one hand, and those of alchemy on the other, and show that the understanding of nature and naturalness upon which many contemporary ethical responses to biotechnology are predicated is, in fact, significantly similar to the understanding of nature that was the foundation of the practice of alchemy. In doing so I demonstrate that the ethical issues and social responses that are currently arising from advances in (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 4 citations
Lavoisier e a sistematização da nomenclatura química.Regina Simplício Carvalho - 2012 - Scientiae Studia 10 (4):759-771.details Lavoisier sistematizou a nomenclatura química com base na Lógica de Condillac, e ambos os autores foram inspirados por John Locke. Atacou persistentemente a teoria flogística até a sua derrocada e conseguiu a adesão de vários cientistas a sua teoria do oxigênio. O uso da nova nomenclatura química implicava a aceitação dessa última teoria. Escreveu várias obras, entre elas Méthode de nomenclature chimique e Traité élémentaire de chimie, nas quais divulgou a nova nomenclatura química por toda a Europa. Assumindo que a (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation

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