Problemas Ontológicos dos Conceitos Químicos: uma revisão bibliográfica

Authors

  • Samuell de Queiroz Vilas Boas Santos Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56117/resbenq.2024.v5.e052413

Keywords:

Ontology, Chemical Concepts, Philosophy of Chemistry

Abstract

Philosophy of chemistry delves into the ontological foundations of chemical concepts, addressing central issues such as conceptual structure, mereology, reductionism, and the nature of substances. This literature review surveys key ontological challenges in the field, focusing on prominent academic journals including Hyle and Foundations of Chemistry. Influential authors like Eric Scerri and Vanessa Seifert explore diverse approaches ranging from structuralist interpretations to dynamic views of chemical processes. Mereology is highlighted for its examination of part-whole relationships within chemical systems, emphasizing emergent properties resulting from complex interactions among chemical components. The debate on reductionism oscillates between integrating chemistry entirely into fundamental physical principles and asserting the ontological autonomy of chemistry as a discipline. Understanding these debates is crucial for elucidating how levels of explanation in chemistry relate to other natural sciences and whether chemical properties can be fully reduced to more fundamental physical laws. The definition of chemical substance emerges as a critical point in philosophy of chemistry, influenced by various epistemological perspectives that shape our conception of individual chemical entities and their distinctive properties. This aspect underscores the interplay between scientific theories and underlying philosophical concepts that inform our understanding of chemical entities in the natural world. Philosophy of process in chemistry emphasizes the dynamics and temporality of chemical phenomena, highlighting the role of context and environmental conditions in determining chemical transformations. This approach underscores that chemical processes are not only static but also evolutionary, contingent upon contextual factors that influence their dynamics.

Author Biography

Samuell de Queiroz Vilas Boas Santos, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Mestrando do programa (PPG-ECFP) na área de Formação de Professores de Ciências e Matemática pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB). Formado em Licenciatura em Química, pela mesma universidade. Tem experiência na área de Ensino-Aprendizagem e Educação em Química. Foi Bolsista de Iniciação a Docência pelo Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação a Docência - PIBID (2018-2020), principalmente à luz de práticas ativas, sala de aula invertida e métodos investigativos. Foi bolsista de Iniciação Científica (IC-UESB), com o seguinte projeto: Um estudo sobre Sequências Didáticas para o ensino de Ciências baseado no uso dos Critérios de Idoneidade Didática, sob a orientação do Pro. Dr Bruno Ferreira dos Santos (2020-2021). Participou como bolsista de Residência Pedagógica - RP no núcleo de Ensino de Química.

References

ALASSIA, F. (2023). Correction to: A process ontology approach in biochemistry: the case of GPCRs and biosignaling. Foundations of Chemistry, 25, 189–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-022-09461-8

ARRIAGA, J. Fortin, S. & Lombardi, O. (2019). A new chapter in the problem of the reduction of chemistry to physics: the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules. Foundations of Chemistry, 21, 125–136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-018-09332-1

BRAKEL, Jaap. (2014). Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Chemistry. International Journal of Philosophy of Chemistry, Hyle, 20, 11-57. http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/20-1/vanbrakel.htm

BANCHETTI-ROBINO, M. P. (2012). The ontological function of first-order and second-order corpuscles in the chemical philosophy of Robert Boyle: the redintegration of potassium nitrate. Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 221–234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9159-8.

DRAGO, A. (2020). A new definition of reduction between two scientific theories: no reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics. Foundations of Chemistry, 22, 421–445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-020-09377-1

EARLEY, J.E. (2013). A New ‘Idea of Nature’ for Chemical Education. Sci & Educ 22, 1775–1786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-012-9525-x

EARLEY, J. E. (2005). Why there is No Salt in the Sea. Foundations of Chemistry, 7, 85–102. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FOCH.0000042881.05418.15.

EARLEY, J.E. (2004). Would Introductory Chemistry Courses Work Better with a New Philosophical Basis?. Foundations of Chemistry 6, 137–160. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FOCH.0000034992.42777.95

EARLEY, J. (2003). Chemical Explanation: Characteristics, Development, Autonomy. Anais: New York Academy of Sciences. New York Academy of Sciences.

FELDMAN, Howard J., DUMONTIER Michel, LING Susan, HAIDER Norbert and HOGUE Christopher W. (2005). CO: A chemical ontology for identification of functional groups and semantic comparison of small molecules, FEBS Letters, 579, 4685-4691, doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.07.039

FRIEND, M. (2020). The beginnings of a formal language for conceptual analysis of processes in macro-chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry, 22, 31–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-019-09343-6

GÓMEZ, S. P. J. (2013). The semantics of chemical education: constructivism, externalism and the language of chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry, 15, 103–116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-011-9130-0.

GHIBAUDI, E.; CERRUTI, L. (2017). Chemical substance, material, product, goods, waste: a changing ontology. Foundations of Chemistry, 19, 97–123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-017-9281-8.

HARRÉ, R., Llored, JP. (2011) Mereologies as the grammars of chemical discourses. Foundations of Chemistry, 13, 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-011-9103-3

HARRÉ, R. (2008). SOME PRESUPPOSITIONS IN THE METAPHYSICS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS. Foundations of Chemistry, 10, 19–38 .https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-005-9000-8

HENDRY, R. F. (2012). Chemical substances and the limits of pluralism. Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-011-9145-6.

KLEIN, U. (2012). Objects of inquiry in classical chemistry: material substances. Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-011-9122-0.

LOMBARDI, O., Labarca, M. (2005). The Ontological Autonomy Of The Chemical World. Foundations of Chemistry, v7, 125–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-004-0980-6

Llored, JP. (2010). Mereology and quantum chemistry: the approximation of molecular orbital. Foundations of Chemistry 12, 203–221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9092-7

Llored, JP. (2012). Emergence and quantum chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 245–274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9163-z

MANAFU, A. (2013). Internal realism and the problem of ontological autonomy: a critical note on Lombardi and Labarca. Foundations of Chemistry, 15, 225–228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9165-x.

MILLER, R. (2023). Chemical reduction and quantum interpretation: A case for thomistic emergence. Foundations of Chemistry, 25, 405–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-023-09479-6

NEWMAN, M. (2008). Chemical supervenience. Foundations of Chemistry, 10, 49–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-006-9029-3

OCHIAI, H. (2020). Overcoming skepticism about molecular structure by developing the concept of affordance. Foundations of Chemistry, 22, 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-019-09349-0

Oliveira, I. (2022). Pesquisa em ensino de química no Brasil entre 2002 e 2017 a partir de periódicos especializados. Educação e Pesquisa, 48, e235097. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-4634202248239057

Prentner, R. (2017). Chemistry, context and the objects of thought. Foundations of Chemistry, 19, 29–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-017-9273-8

Ribeiro, M. (2014). Integração da filosofia da química no currículo de integração da filosofia da química no currículo de formação inicial de professores. Contributos para uma filosofia do ensino. [Tese de Doutorado, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Educação]. Sistema integrado de bibliotecas repositório ULISBOA. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/12152

RUTHENBERG, K., Harré, R. (2012). Philosophy of chemistry as intercultural philosophy: Jaap van Brakel. Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 193–203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9161-1

SCERRI, E. R. (2012). What is an element? What is the periodic table? And what does quantum mechanics contribute to the question? Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 69–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-011-9124-y.

SHARLOW, M.F. (2006). Chemical elements and the problem of universals. Foundations of Chemistry, 8, 225–242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-006-9016-8

STEIN, R.L. (2004). Towards a Process Philosophy of Chemistry. Journal of Philosophy of Chemistry, Hyle, 10, 5–22. https://hyle.org/journal/issues/10-1/stein.htm

STEIN, R.L. (2006). A Process Theory of Enzyme Catalytic Power – the Interplay of Science and Metaphysics. Foundations of Chemistry, 8, 3–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-005-7907-8

SUKUMAR, N. (2013). The atom in a molecule as a mereological construct in chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry, 15, 303–309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9171-z

SUKUMAR, N. (2020). Ontological status of time in chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry, 22, 353–361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-020-09370-8

TABER, K.S.(2020). Conceptual confusion in the chemistry curriculum: exemplifying the problematic nature of representing chemical concepts as target knowledge. Foundations of Chemistry, 22, 309–334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-019-09346-3

THOMAS, G.F. (2012). The emancipation of chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry, 14, 109–155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-011-9118-9

VANCIK, H. (2003). Philosophy of Chemistry and Limits of Complexity. Foundations of Chemistry, 5, 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025656727195

VIHALEMM, R. (2011). The autonomy of chemistry: old and new problems. Foundations of Chemistry, 13, 97–107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-010-9094-5

Vemulapalli, G.K., Byerly, H. (1999). Remnants of Reductionism. Foundations of Chemistry, 1, 17–41. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009984310105

Downloads

Published

2024-12-22

How to Cite

Samuell de Queiroz Vilas Boas Santos. (2024). Problemas Ontológicos dos Conceitos Químicos: uma revisão bibliográfica. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Ensino De Química, 5(01), e052413. https://doi.org/10.56117/resbenq.2024.v5.e052413

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 01 (2024): Janeiro-Dezembro

Section

Dossiê

License

Licença Creative Commons

Todas as publicações da Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Ensino de Química estão licenciadas sob licença Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (CC BY 4.0).

Creative Commons License

Autores que publicam nesta revista concordam com os seguintes termos:

  1. Autores mantêm os direitos autorais e concedem à revista o direito de primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Licença Creative Commons Attributionque permite o compartilhamento do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.
  2. Autores têm autorização para assumir contratos adicionais separadamente, para distribuição não-exclusiva da versão do trabalho publicada nesta revista (ex.: publicar em repositório institucional ou como capítulo de livro), com reconhecimento de autoria e publicação inicial nesta revista.
  3. Autores têm permissão e são estimulados a publicar e distribuir seu trabalho on-line(ex.: em repositórios institucionais ou na sua página pessoal) a qualquer ponto antes ou durante o processo editorial, já que isso pode gerar alterações produtivas, bem como aumentar o impacto e a citação do trabalho publicado (Veja O Efeito do Acesso Livre).