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/Subject (The development of contemporary chemistry is surveyed, in an attempt at grasping philosophical consequences: first, chemical research has revealed a potentially endless diversity of matter, and an abysmal complexity of its organization at the molecular level. Second, we may conjecture from reflec-tions on some aspects of chemical reactivity that, owing to the limitations of human investigative means, reality is chemically unfathomable beyond a cer-tain limit. In some instances, this may impede our understanding of the func-tioning of natural systems in terms of molecular-structural organization. Third, the overall consistency of results obtained by applying different analyt-ical methods in order to establish molecular identity, along with the fact that we are able to interpret a great many different phenomena coherently in terms of molecular structure, indicates that matter far from being something undifferentiated, easily moldable by the experiment, as anti-realistic views of science presuppose really possesses a structure at the molecular level; a structure that can be reorganized only according to a formal disposition inherent to matter itself.)
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Developmental Aspects of Contemporary Chemistry: Some Philosophical Reflections
Andrea Tontini
The development of contemporary chemistry is surveyed, in an attempt at grasping philosophical consequences: first, chemical research has revealed a potentially endless diversity of matter, and an abysmal complexity of its organization at the molecular level. Second, we may conjecture from reflec-tions on some aspects of chemical reactivity that, owing to the limitations of human investigative means, reality is chemically unfathomable beyond a cer-tain limit. In some instances, this may impede our understanding of the func-tioning of natural systems in terms of molecular-structural organization. Third, the overall consistency of results obtained by applying different analyt-ical methods in order to establish molecular identity, along with the fact that we are able to interpret a great many different phenomena coherently in terms of molecular structure, indicates that matter – far from being something undifferentiated, easily moldable by the experiment, as anti-realistic views of science presuppose – really possesses a structure at the molecular level; a structure that can be reorganized only according to a formal disposition inherent to matter itself.
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