Some further thoughts on the nature of reactions

Investigating chemical reactions philosophically can shed light into our understanding of their nature in ways we haven't thought of before.

Control strategies were integral parts of the research that led to the discovery of Argon.

What is so fascinating about this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

The question which forms the title of this essay is simple enough and, to my mind, merits a simple and unequivocal answer: yes.

How studying the history of synthetic flavouring agents can help us understand science, industry, society and the relations between them.

Despite the modernisation brought about by the "New Chemistry", the senses have continued to play an important role in chemical practice.

Thomas Kuhn discusses the Chemical Revolution in some detail in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, that is, the great changes in...

In this post, Vanessa Seifert reflects on some interesting questions to pursue in the context of a feminist philosophy of chemistry

In the Ardystil occupational intoxication case, interactions with chemical changed according to the different contexts.

Does the way we think about scientific entities matter to scientific practice?

Before plumbing infrastructure reached most homes, chemistry was crucial in developing a method to evaluate the safety of drinking water.

The contributions of Geoffrey Blumenthal to the history and philosophy of science

Nowadays we all care about our proteins. Supermarket products proudly show the amount of proteins they contain and we are all somehow...

Central themes of Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino's book "The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle: Mechanicism, Chymical Atoms, and Emergence"

Agent Orange was born from the knowledge that certain known substances kill plants. But could this knowledge claim constitute an invention?

Can false theories successfully predict previously unknown phenomena? This post discusses one such example: the discovery of boron.

What is a chemical substance? In this post, Marabel Riesmeier argues that answering this question is more complicated than one might think.

How are simple substances identified when it is difficult to tell whether a substance has been decomposed or not?

Megan Piorko updates us on the quest to solve a historical cipher. It turns out the secret key was hidden in plain sight...