All Philosophy of science articles
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Opinion
Did AI just win the Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry?
The importance of the expert eye in scientific progress
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Opinion
How much science should there be in philosophy?
A debate about metaphysics that’s crucial to how we understand the world
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Opinion
Proteins’ shape and function are two sides of the same coin
A new perspective on the relationship between chemistry and biology
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Opinion
There’s more to alchemy than its mystical nature
It was crucial to the development of chemistry
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Opinion
The nuances of chemical confirmation
Supporting a hypothesis is more difficult than it might seem
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Opinion
The rise of techno-science
Appreciating technology’s role in understanding how the world works
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Opinion
Do bond classifications help or hinder chemistry?
Ionic, covalent, metallic and more… but there’s debate about whether bonds are real at all
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Opinion
New scientific categories bring vitality
The history of vitamins shows that ‘kinds’ don’t have to exist in nature to drive scientific discoveries
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Opinion
Chemistry’s history through the feminist lens
Examining how science excludes women and other underrepresented groups
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Opinion
Interpreting the impact of AI large language models on chemistry
LLMs may outperform Alphafold, but currently struggle to identify simple chemical structures
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Feature
What does AI mean for chemistry?
Phil Ball looks at whether letting machines do our thinking for us will change our understanding of chemistry itself
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Opinion
Does the periodic table reveal laws of nature?
There could be more to learn from ordering the elements
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Opinion
In search of the chemical bond
Philosophy of science can help us discover new ways of understanding whether bonds really exist
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Opinion
Is there a natural order in which complex objects appear?
Assembly theory suggests there might be