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Considers the philosophical issues raised by the field of nanotechnology, including questions of manipulation and control at the molecular level.

Examines the impact of chemical discoveries and technologies on societal issues, including environmental concerns and health impacts.

This concept explores the idea that chemical phenomena can be explained completely by physics and the interactions at a subatomic level.

This examines the role and construction of theoretical models in chemistry, like molecular orbitals, and how they contribute to scientific understanding.

This concept suggests that chemistry has its own distinct methods, concepts, and theories that are not just simplifications of physics.

Considers the philosophical implications of synthesizing new compounds, touching on themes of creativity, design, and discovery in chemistry.

Analyzes how laws in chemistry are defined, such as periodic law, and their philosophical significance.

Explores the philosophical questions raised by the application of quantum mechanics to chemical problems.

Analyzes the philosophical foundations and implications of how chemistry is taught and understood educationally.

Emergence refers to properties or phenomena that appear at higher levels of complexity which cannot be deduced from the properties of the constituent parts.

Discusses the nature of explanations in chemistry, like how bond energy explains reaction spontaneity, and their philosophical underpinnings.

This card looks at the arguments for and against the belief that chemical entities exist independently of the mind and our theories about them.

Discusses the development and significance of naming conventions in chemistry, such as IUPAC rules, from a philosophical perspective.

Inquiry into how chemists define and think about material substances and chemical identity, such as molecular structure and isomerism.

Investigates the philosophical questions about cause and effect relationships in chemical processes, like reaction mechanisms.

Analyzes philosophical questions about the nature and representation of chemical bonds, like the difference between ionic and covalent bonds.

Explores the philosophical debates surrounding the nature and classification of elements in the periodic table.

Compares the process of discovery in chemistry, like serendipitous findings, with the rigorous justification required for acceptance into the chemical knowledge base.

Examines the debate over whether the theoretical entities in chemistry, like orbitals, are real or merely useful fictions.