Why water is not H2O, and other critiques of essentialist ontology from the philosophy of chemistry

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 906-919

  Vandewall, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 46649093566     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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