Quantum Chemistry and Organic Theory.
In this essay I consider whether the theory of organic chemistry is reducible to the theory of quantum chemistry. Using philosophical machinery developed by James Woodward, I characterize the understanding provided by both theories. Then I argue that there are systematic reasons to suspect that quan...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 1159 - 1170 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2013
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