Ontological reduction and molecular structure

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2010.03.005MaRDI QIDQ652834zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robin Findlay Hendry

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.03.005

zbMATH Keywords

emergencequantum mechanicsmolecular structurereductionchemistry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Molecular physics (81V55)

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