The Union of Chemistry and Physics

1. Reduction: Its Prospects and Limits
Hinne Hettema

Part I. Networks of Theories

2. Explaining the Chemical Bond: Idealisation and Concretisation
Hinne Hettema

3. Molecular Structure: What Philosophers Got Wrong
Hinne Hettema

4. Unity of Chemistry and Physics: The Theory of Absolute Reaction Rates
Hinne Hettema

5. Quantum Chemistry as a Research Programme
Hinne Hettema

Part II. Formal Models

6. Reduction Between Structures: A Proposal
Hinne Hettema

7. Models for Quantum Chemistry
Hinne Hettema

8. Networks of Structures in Chemistry
Hinne Hettema

Part III. Ontological Consequences

9. Promiscuous, Interesting and Unsettled: Ontology in the Philosophy of Chemistry
Hinne Hettema

10. Atoms, Chemical Atoms and Orbitals as Chemical Objects
Hinne Hettema

Nyckelord: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Chemistry, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Polymer Sciences, Ontology