Who is a theorist?
This article carefully analyzes a recent paper by Weisberg in which it is claimed that when Mendeleev discovered the periodic table he was not working as a modeler but instead as a theorist. I argue that Weisberg is mistaken in several respects and that the periodic table should be regarded as a cla...
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oai:doaj.org-article:0e9d8e4fe6f84736ad2eba8003ec6fe82021-11-11T15:41:21ZWho is a theorist?1697-011Xhttps://doaj.org/article/0e9d8e4fe6f84736ad2eba8003ec6fe82011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92019747001https://doaj.org/toc/1697-011XThis article carefully analyzes a recent paper by Weisberg in which it is claimed that when Mendeleev discovered the periodic table he was not working as a modeler but instead as a theorist. I argue that Weisberg is mistaken in several respects and that the periodic table should be regarded as a classification, not as a theory. In the second part of the article an attempt is made to elevate the status of classifications by suggesting that they provide a form of 'side-ways explanation'.Eric ScerriUniversidad de Cádizarticlelawmendeleevperiodic tabletheoryscientific explanationscientific modelsSocial SciencesHENESRevista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 231-239 (2011) |
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This article carefully analyzes a recent paper by Weisberg in which it is claimed that when Mendeleev discovered the periodic table he was not working as a modeler but instead as a theorist. I argue that Weisberg is mistaken in several respects and that the periodic table should be regarded as a classification, not as a theory. In the second part of the article an attempt is made to elevate the status of classifications by suggesting that they provide a form of 'side-ways explanation'. |
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