Vanessa A. Seifert
Philosophy of Chemistry// Philosophy of Science
Book
1 / Chemistry's Metaphysics
Cambridge University Press, 2024
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Papers
1 /The many laws in the periodic table
Philosophy of Science, forthcoming
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2 / Why water may not be a natural kind after all
Análisis Filosófico, forthcoming
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3 / The value of laws in chemistry
Foundations of Chemistry, 2024
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4 / The Problem of Molecular structure Just is the Measurement Problem
Co-authored w/ Alexander Franklin
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2024
Awarded the BJPS Popper Prize!
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5 / The Chemical Bond is a Real Pattern
6 / The Strong Emergence of Molecular Structure
7 / The role of idealisations in describing an isolated molecule
8 / An alternative approach to unifying chemistry with quantum mechanics
Book Chapters
1 / Chemical causal relations across different levels of description
In: Laws and powers in the Metaphysics of Science. Ioannidis, S., Psillos, S. & Seifert V.A. (eds.) Routledge. In press
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2 / Reframing the Reduction-Emergence Debate around Chemistry
In: Bryant, A. and Yates, D., (eds.) Rethinking Emergence. Oxford University Press. In press
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3 / Philosophy of Chemistry: Concepts, ideas and open questions
In: Bilimlerin Felsefesi, ed. by M. Efe AteÅŸ and Dinçer Çevik, AKADEMÄ°M YAYINLARI. In press
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4 / Do Molecules Have Structure in Isolation? How Models Can Provide the Answer
In: Lombardi, O., Martínez González, J.C., Fortin, S. (eds) Philosophical Perspectives in Quantum Chemistry. Synthese Library, vol 461. Springer, Cham. 2022
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5 / Referring to chemical elements and compounds: Colourless airs in late eighteenth century chemical practice
Co-authored w/ Geoffrey Blumenthal, James Ladyman
In: Scerri, Eric, and Elena Ghibaudi (eds), What Is A Chemical Element? A Collection of Essays by Chemists, Philosophers, Historians, and Educators, Oxford University Press. 2020
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Reviews
1 / Alexander Bird: Knowing Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 2025
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2 / In search of the elements
Philip Ball: The elements: a visual history of their discovery.
Metascience, 2023
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3 / Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry
Ed. by Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2016
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Encyclopaedia Entry
1 / Reduction and Emergence in Chemistry
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2019
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Doctoral Thesis
1 / A Philosophical Analysis of the Relation between Chemistry and Quantum Mechanics: The case of a single inert molecule
University of Bristol, 2019
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