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Is water H2O ? : Evidence, realism and pluralism
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ISBN: 9400796463 9400739311 9786613709295 940073932X 1280798904 9789400796461 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berlin: Springer,

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This book exhibits deep philosophical quandaries and intricacies of the historical development of science lying behind a simple and fundamental item of common sense in modern science, namely the composition of water as H2O. Three main phases of development are critically re-examined, covering the historical period from the 1760s to the 1860s: the Chemical Revolution (through which water first became recognized as a compound, not an element), early electrochemistry (by which water’s compound nature was confirmed), and early atomic chemistry (in which water started out as HO and became H2O). In each case, the author concludes that the empirical evidence available at the time was not decisive in settling the central debates, and therefore the consensus that was reached was unjustified, or at least premature. This leads to a significant re-examination of the realism question in the philosophy of science, and a unique new advocacy for pluralism in science. Each chapter contains three layers, allowing readers to follow various parts of the book at their chosen level of depth and detail. The second major study in "complementary science", this book offers a rare combination of philosophy, history and science in a bid to improve scientific knowledge through history and philosophy of science.


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Basic principles of spectroscopy
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ISBN: 0070851972 9780070851979 Year: 1971 Publisher: Tokyo: McGraw-Hill,

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M-mode echocardiographic techniques and pattern recognition
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ISBN: 0812105559 9780812105551 Year: 1976 Publisher: Philadelphia (Pa.): Lea and Febiger,

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Fundamentals of attosecond optics
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ISBN: 1420089374 9781420089370 Year: 2011 Publisher: Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis,

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Acupuncture, analgesia and brain
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ISBN: 2800407530 9782800407531 Year: 1981 Publisher: Bruxelles: Éd. de l'Université de Bruxelles,


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The Buddhist teaching of totality : the philosophy of Hwa Yen Buddhism
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ISBN: 0042940761 9780042940762 Year: 1971 Publisher: London: Allen and Unwin,


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Multiple diffraction of X-rays in crystals
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ISBN: 0387129553 9780387129556 Year: 1984 Publisher: Berlin: Springer,

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