Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions

The paper aims to present an examination of realist and substantialist convictions as almost natural tendencies that have influenced atom conceptions. The presence of the realism and substantialism notions is striking in the course of the history of atomism and, according to Bachelard’s reflections...

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Main Author: Lídia Queiroz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Disputatio Editions-IAR 2015-12-01
Series:Disputatio
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Online Access:https://studiahumanitatis.eu/ojs/index.php/disputatio/article/view/394
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spelling doaj-ce2a404b387a45fd98ea434c20af27df2021-09-13T11:28:05ZengDisputatio Editions-IARDisputatio2254-06012015-12-014510.5281/zenodo.3551721Realism and substantialism in atom conceptionsLídia Queiroz0Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal The paper aims to present an examination of realist and substantialist convictions as almost natural tendencies that have influenced atom conceptions. The presence of the realism and substantialism notions is striking in the course of the history of atomism and, according to Bachelard’s reflections, are epistemological obstacles that hindered the development of a scientific perspective of the structure of matter. https://studiahumanitatis.eu/ojs/index.php/disputatio/article/view/394BachelardAtomismEpistemological ObstaclesRealismSubstantialism
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author Lídia Queiroz
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Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
Disputatio
Bachelard
Atomism
Epistemological Obstacles
Realism
Substantialism
author_facet Lídia Queiroz
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title Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
title_short Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
title_full Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
title_fullStr Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
title_full_unstemmed Realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
title_sort realism and substantialism in atom conceptions
publisher Disputatio Editions-IAR
series Disputatio
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publishDate 2015-12-01
description The paper aims to present an examination of realist and substantialist convictions as almost natural tendencies that have influenced atom conceptions. The presence of the realism and substantialism notions is striking in the course of the history of atomism and, according to Bachelard’s reflections, are epistemological obstacles that hindered the development of a scientific perspective of the structure of matter.
topic Bachelard
Atomism
Epistemological Obstacles
Realism
Substantialism
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