Subject: chemical explanation

From: Eric Scerri <scerri$at$chem.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 04:28:22 -0700

Here are details of the current issue of Foundations of Chemistry. 
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Foundations of Chemistry  volume 6 # 1.
Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies 
of Chemistry

A Special Issue in honor of Stuart Rosenfeld.

Editorial 16
pp. 1-2	  Eric R. Scerri

Introduction
pp. 3-9	  Nalini Bhushan

Theoretical Chemistry
pp. 11-11     Roald Hoffmann

Telltale Signs: What Common Explanatory Strategies in Chemistry 
Reveal about Explanation Itself
pp. 13-43	Andrea I. Woody

Prediction, Explanation, and Dioxin Biochemistry: Science in Public Policy
pp. 49-63	Heather Douglas

Strain, Structure, Stability and Reactivity
pp. 65-80	Kenneth B. Wiberg

Straining to Explain Strain and Synthesis
pp. 81-91	Jeffry L. Ramsey

Just how ab initio is ab initio quantum chemistry?
pp. 93-116	Eric R. Scerri 

Š hasn't it? A commentary on Eric Scerri's Paper ``Has Quantum 
Mechanics Explained the Periodic Table?''
pp. 117-132	Bretislav Friedrich

Call for Papers / Meeting in Durham, UK, August 2004.
pp. 133-133

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10 Most downloaded articles for year 2004 (Jan-March)

Article title
Mendeleev's Discovery of the Periodic Law: The Origin and the Reception
Philosophy of Chemistry and Limits of Complexity
The Aesthetics of Molecular Representation: From the Empirical to the 
Constitutive
The Instrumental Revolution in Chemistry
The epistemological status of the chemical concept of element
The systems-theoretical view of chemical concepts
Editorial 15
Cathy Cobb: Magick, Mayhem, and Mavericks: The Spirited History of 
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Maureen Christie: The Ozone Layer. A Philosophy of Science Perspective