This book, Philosophy of Chemistry, is dedicated to some of the general
principles of philosophy of chemistry, the special branch of philosophy
of science. Since the work is a collection of lectures that the Author
gave at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) during the period of twenty
years, the book could serve also as a university textbook in philosophy
of chemistry.
Philosophy of chemistry is represented through the discussion about some
of the general philosophical problems such as, theory of complexity,
autonomy of sciences, epistemology, falsificationism, emergence and
unity of science, holism and reductionism, the problem of identity, and
hierarchical structures, as well as the teleological aspects of science.
The work consists from thirteen chapters where the main
science-philosophical problems are represented and discussed within the
historical context of the development of chemistry as a science. The
book is aimed at wider academic audience interesting in the philosophy
of science, and especially at university students of life sciences.