论量子化学实体的性质:以电子密度为例

IF 1.8 3区 化学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Jesus Alberto Jaimes Arriaga
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亚里士多德的自然哲学为分子化学和量子力学之间理论间关系的概念提供了还原的另一种选择。这种方法的一个基本组成部分是基本因果力的本体论,这项工作旨在通过利用量子化学实体,特别是电子密度来发展这样一个本体论。这个概念是分子中原子的量子理论的核心,这是Richard F. W. Bader提出的一种分子结构理论,它精确地用电子密度来描述分子和原子。然后,通过识别巴德关于电子密度本质的论述中的哲学张力,本著作将根据关于性质的范畴/性情区分来分析这一中心概念。中心思想是,电子密度可以同时被认为是绝对的和定向的,而这种特征可以避免巴德尔的哲学张力。
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On the nature of quantum-chemical entities: the case of electron density

An Aristotelian philosophy of nature offers an alternative to reduction for the conception of the inter-theoretical relationships between molecular chemistry and quantum mechanics. A basic ingredient for such an approach is an ontology of fundamental causal powers, and this work aims to develop such an ontology by drawing on quantum-chemical entities, particularly, the electron density. This notion is central to the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules, a theory of molecular structure developed by Richard F. W. Bader, which describes molecules and atoms in terms precisely of the electron density. Then, by identifying a philosophical tension in Bader’s discourse about the nature of electron density, the work will analyze this central notion in terms of the categorical/dispositional distinction regarding properties. The central idea is that electron density can be conceived as categorical and dispositional at once, and this very characterization can avoid Bader’s philosophical tension.

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Foundations of Chemistry
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期刊介绍: Foundations of Chemistry is an international journal which seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum where chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, educators and sociologists with an interest in foundational issues can discuss conceptual and fundamental issues which relate to the `central science'' of chemistry. Such issues include the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics. The journal will publish peer-reviewed academic articles on a wide range of subdisciplines, among others: chemical models, chemical language, metaphors, and theoretical terms; chemical evolution and artificial self-replication; industrial application, environmental concern, and the social and ethical aspects of chemistry''s professionalism; the nature of modeling and the role of instrumentation in chemistry; institutional studies and the nature of explanation in the chemical sciences; theoretical chemistry, molecular structure and chaos; the issue of realism; molecular biology, bio-inorganic chemistry; historical studies on ancient chemistry, medieval chemistry and alchemy; philosophical and historical articles; and material of a didactic nature relating to all topics in the chemical sciences. Foundations of Chemistry plans to feature special issues devoted to particular themes, and will contain book reviews and discussion notes. Audience: chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, chemical educators, sociologists, and other scientists with an interest in the foundational issues of science.
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