Vanessa A. Seifert

24th International Conference for the Philosophy of Chemistry: The Problem of Molecular Structure Just is the Measurement Problem, co-presented w/ Alexander Franklin

Chemistry World: What's Revolutionary about the Chemical Revolution?

Together with Alexander Franklin, we present and discuss our recently published paper titled "The Problem of Molecular Structure Just is the Measurement Problem". Click here to read the full paper. 

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95th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society- Talk for the Open Session: "Why do philosophers disagree on the relations between the sciences?"

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Foundations of Physics Harvard Series: Mini workshop on the quantum measurement problem

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Recording of open discussion

Chemistry World: Great Expectations: How values influence decisions in chemistry

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Discussion @ the Forum of Philosophy: A Theory of Everything?

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Chemistry World: Puzzles in Chemistry ...and how philosophy helps solve them

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ChemistryWorld: Idealisations to the Rescue

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Second article in Chemistry World: Are chemical entities real?

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Essay in Jargonium: Strong Emergence in Chemistry

(October 2020) This essay is a short summary of my recently published paper ‘The Strong Emergence of Molecular Structure’.

Launch of column "Thought Experiment" in Chemistry World- 1st piece: Why do we still do chemistry?

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(September 2020) Chemistry world, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry, is launching a new column on philosophy called "Thought Experiments". In the column, I will explore some of the central issues that are addressed in philosophy of chemistry and more broadly. In the first piece "Why do we still do chemistry?" I ask whether quantum mechanics is making the subject of chemistry obsolete.

Essay in Jargonium: 

Philosophy of chemistry- is that a thing???!!

(June 2020) Philosophy of chemistry – that is a thing! Whether one thinks of it as a separate field of philosophy or as a sub-discipline within the more general philosophy of science, there is no doubt that chemistry provokes interesting philosophical questions.

Jargonium: a new website about everything related to chemistry

Together with Karoliina Pulkkinnen and Sarah Hijmans, we have created 'Jargonium', a website that aims to bring the humanities closer to chemistry!

Pod Cast Interview in Physics World

Article in The Conversation, 2020

Article in The Conversation, 2016

Chemistry World: Science as a product of culture