Many educators are turning to the philosophy of chemistry in
order to obtain a deeper understanding of chemistry.

There have been a number of articles on the relationship
between chemistry education and philosophy of chemistry by
Sibil Erduran and also by Eric Scerri.

I will provide references if anybody is interested.

In addition there is an international journal for the field. Below
are the details for the current issue.


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Foundations of Chemistry volume 7 No. 1, 2005.
Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary
Studies of Chemistry

Special Issue edited by Rom Harré

http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1386-4238




Editorial 19 Special Issue on Philosophical Problems of
Chemical Kinds
pp. 1-4 Eric R. Scerri


Introduction
pp. 5-5 Rom Harré


Chemical Kinds and Essences Revisited
pp. 7-30 Rom Harré


Lavoisier and Mendeleev on the Elements
pp. 31-48 Robin Findlay Hendry


The Paradoxes of Chemical Classification: Why `water is H2O' is
Not an Identity Statement
pp. 49-56 Joseph Simonian


On the inventors of XYZ
pp. 57-84 J. van Brakel


Why there is No Salt in the Sea
pp. 85-102 Joseph E. Earley


Mixtures and Modality
pp. 103-118 Paul Needham


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Dr. Eric Scerri ,
UCLA,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
607 Charles E. Young Drive East,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
USA

E-mail : scerri@...
tel: 310 206 7443
fax: 310 206 2061
Web Page:
http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/scerri/index.html

Editor of Foundations of Chemistry
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1386-4238

Also see International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry
http://www.georgetown.edu/earleyj/ISPC.html