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Acids and Rust: A New Perspective on the Chemical Revolution

Author(s) -

Franklin Jacoby

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

perspectives on science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.336

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1530-9274

pISSN - 1063-6145

DOI - 10.1162/posc_a_00366

Subject(s) - perspectivism , epistemology , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , scientific revolution , resolution (logic) , discontinuity (linguistics) , philosophy , history , computer science , artificial intelligence , archaeology , linguistics

This paper uses scientific perspectivism as a lens for understanding acid experiments from the Chemical Revolution. I argue that this account has several advantages over several recent interpretations of this period, interpretations that do not neatly capture some of the historical experiments on acids. The perspectival view is distinctive in that it avoids discontinuity, allows for the rational resolution of disagreement, and is sensitive to the historical epistemic context.

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