Stuff versus individuals

Lewowicz, Lucía; Lombardi, Olímpia

doi:10.1007/s10698-012-9152-2

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“…2 Philosophers have of course discussed ontological issues in astronomy, chemistry and even geography. My point is simply that the term "individuality" does not feature prominently in these philosophical discussions, nor in the scientific literature itself (though Lewowicz and Lombardi (2013) is a partial exception in relation to chemistry). There is an extensive discussion on "quantum individuality" in the philosophy of physics (e.g.…”

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On the very idea of biological individuality

Okasha

2023

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

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The burgeoning debate over biological individuality raises deep issues, philosophical and scientific, but suffers from pervasive conceptual unclarity. This paper offers a diagnosis of what has gone wrong. It is argued that the problem of biological individuality, as it is often formulated in the literature, rests on a category mistake. The mistake is to think that the expression "biological individual" is a sortal, when in fact it is not. This diagnosis sheds light on a number of otherwise puzzling aspects of the debate.

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On the very idea of biological individuality

Okasha

2023

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

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“…Finally, we consider that this perspective allows for a solid justification that chemistry is an autonomous science both in epistemological and ontological terms, being that emergentism admits an ontological and epistemological pluralism. Therefore, chemical entities, chemical bonds or molecular orbitals exist within an ontological and epistemological scope pertaining to chemistry (Labarca & Lombardi 2010;Llored 2013;Lewowicz & Lombardi 2013).…”

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Chemistry, Society and Uncertainty

Zaterka

Mocellin²

2021

Principia

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In recent years, besides the increased interest in philosophy of chemistry, we have witnessed a "material turn" in philosophy and the history of sciences with an interest in putting instruments, objects, materials and practices at the core of historical reports. Since its alchemic past, chemistry has worked with and on materials, so that its history is also a "material history". Thus, in the wake of this "material turn", it is up to philosophy and the history of chemistry to perceive the chemical substances, the chemists that create them and the industries that produce them as part of culture, society and politics. This overlap between chemical reasoning and materiality as well as the artificial character of its products makes chemistry an eminently technoscientific science. In this context, we will analyze the most general aspect that led us to identify it as "technoscientific", the hybrid that exists between chemistry and society. With that, we intend to argue in favor of considering the modern societal necessities (material, environmental, and human) with chemistry, in an effort to build a more harmonious relationship, being that it will be long and, maybe, indissoluble. Following that, our aim is to develop a concept that cannot be separated from the capillarity of chemistry in societies and the environment, the imprevisibility and essential uncertainty of the behavior of chemical entities in multiple contexts. Finally, we will highlight some reflections concerning chemical ethics associated with the production and creation of new substances that may become a part of the lifeworld.

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Not Individuals, Nor Even Objects: On the Ontological Nature of Quantum Systems

Lombardi

2023

Synthese Library

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Stuff versus individuals

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

On the very idea of biological individuality

On the very idea of biological individuality

Chemistry, Society and Uncertainty

Not Individuals, Nor Even Objects: On the Ontological Nature of Quantum Systems

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