Constructivism, relativism, and chemical education

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 988, Issue , 2003, Pages 359-369

  Scerri, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical education; Constructivism; Realism; Relativism; Science Wars

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STUDENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037790965     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06118.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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24. Chemical educators may be interested in Foundations of Chemistry (a journal published since 1999 by Kluwer Academic Press) and Hyle (a journal published since 1997 by the University of Karlsruhe Press - see especially volume 3 and subsequent volumes). Other writings include the following: BHUSHAN, N. & S. ROSENFELD, Eds. 2000. Of Minds and Molecules. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; VAN BRAKEL, J. 2000. Philosophy of Chemistry. University of Leuven Press. Leuven. Belgium; SCERRI, E.R. & L. MCINYRE. 1997. The case for the philosophy of chemistry. Synthese 111: 213-232; SCERRI, E.R. 2000. Philosophy of chemistry - a new interdisciplinary field? J. Chem. Educ. 77: 522-526; VAN BRAKEL, J. 1999. On the neglect of philosophy of chemistry. Found. Chem. 1: 111-174.
25. Chemical educators may be interested in Foundations of Chemistry (a journal published since 1999 by Kluwer Academic Press) and Hyle (a journal published since 1997 by the University of Karlsruhe Press - see especially volume 3 and subsequent volumes). Other writings include the following: BHUSHAN, N. & S. ROSENFELD, Eds. 2000. Of Minds and Molecules. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; VAN BRAKEL, J. 2000. Philosophy of Chemistry. University of Leuven Press. Leuven. Belgium; SCERRI, E.R. & L. MCINYRE. 1997. The case for the philosophy of chemistry. Synthese 111: 213-232; SCERRI, E.R. 2000. Philosophy of chemistry - a new interdisciplinary field? J. Chem. Educ. 77: 522-526; VAN BRAKEL, J. 1999. On the neglect of philosophy of chemistry. Found. Chem. 1: 111-174.
26. Chemical educators may be interested in Foundations of Chemistry (a journal published since 1999 by Kluwer Academic Press) and Hyle (a journal published since 1997 by the University of Karlsruhe Press - see especially volume 3 and subsequent volumes). Other writings include the following: BHUSHAN, N. & S. ROSENFELD, Eds. 2000. Of Minds and Molecules. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; VAN BRAKEL, J. 2000. Philosophy of Chemistry. University of Leuven Press. Leuven. Belgium; SCERRI, E.R. & L. MCINYRE. 1997. The case for the philosophy of chemistry. Synthese 111: 213-232; SCERRI, E.R. 2000. Philosophy of chemistry - a new interdisciplinary field? J. Chem. Educ. 77: 522-526; VAN BRAKEL, J. 1999. On the neglect of philosophy of chemistry. Found. Chem. 1: 111-174.
27. Chemical educators may be interested in Foundations of Chemistry (a journal published since 1999 by Kluwer Academic Press) and Hyle (a journal published since 1997 by the University of Karlsruhe Press - see especially volume 3 and subsequent volumes). Other writings include the following: BHUSHAN, N. & S. ROSENFELD, Eds. 2000. Of Minds and Molecules. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; VAN BRAKEL, J. 2000. Philosophy of Chemistry. University of Leuven Press. Leuven. Belgium; SCERRI, E.R. & L. MCINYRE. 1997. The case for the philosophy of chemistry. Synthese 111: 213-232; SCERRI, E.R. 2000. Philosophy of chemistry - a new interdisciplinary field? J. Chem. Educ. 77: 522-526; VAN BRAKEL, J. 1999. On the neglect of philosophy of chemistry. Found. Chem. 1: 111-174.
28. Chemical educators may be interested in Foundations of Chemistry (a journal published since 1999 by Kluwer Academic Press) and Hyle (a journal published since 1997 by the University of Karlsruhe Press - see especially volume 3 and subsequent volumes). Other writings include the following: BHUSHAN, N. & S. ROSENFELD, Eds. 2000. Of Minds and Molecules. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; VAN BRAKEL, J. 2000. Philosophy of Chemistry. University of Leuven Press. Leuven. Belgium; SCERRI, E.R. & L. MCINYRE. 1997. The case for the philosophy of chemistry. Synthese 111: 213-232; SCERRI, E.R. 2000. Philosophy of chemistry - a new interdisciplinary field? J. Chem. Educ. 77: 522-526; VAN BRAKEL, J. 1999. On the neglect of philosophy of chemistry. Found. Chem. 1: 111-174.