 Chemical Discovery and the Logicians' Program: A Problematic Pairing
ISBN: 978-3-527-30797-5
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207 pages
August 2003
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1. Introduction.
2. Theories Built up from Observations. The Inductivist Ideal.
3. Theories from Anywhere: Popper's Philosophy of Conjections and Refutations.
4. Refutation by Internal Contradiction. Kekule's 'Hypothesis of Embarrassment' and the Theory of Benzene.
5. Are Crucial Experiments Conclusive? Refutations: Permanent, Temporary, and Virtual.
6. Farewell to Stasis, Welcome to Metamorphosis: Refutation of Kekule's Rule of Minimal Structural Change in the Discovery of Molecular Rearrangements.
7. Some Non-Refutative Motivations in Science.
8. False but Nevertheless Fruitful Theories. Speculations on the Biogenesis of Alkaloids.
9. Epilogue.
Index of Authors.
Index of Names.
Index of Subjects.
