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Alan F. Chalmers

28 works· latest 2017· 2 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0009-0005-7950-5355

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Most cited in this library

What Is This Thing Called Science: An Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and Its Methods1985 · 198 citations
Drawing Philosophical Lessons from Perrin’s Experiments on Brownian Motion: A Response to van Fraassen2011 · 87 citations
Qué es esa cosa llamada ciencia2000 · 83 citations
The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone: How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms2009 · 82 citations
¿Qué es esa cosa llamada ciencia?: una valoración de la naturaleza y el estatuto de la ciencia y sus métodos1982 · 70 citations

Works

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One Hundred Years of Pressure

Archimedes·2017·1 author·book

23citations

Viewing past science from the point of view of present science, thereby illuminating both: Philosophy versus experiment in the work of Robert Boyle

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·2015·1 author

20citations

Intermediate causes and explanations: The key to understanding the scientific revolution

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·2012·1 author

20citations

Drawing Philosophical Lessons from Perrin’s Experiments on Brownian Motion: A Response to van Fraassen

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science·2011·1 author

87citations

Boyle and the origins of modern chemistry: Newman tried in the fire

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·2010·1 author

20citations

The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone: How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms

·2009·1 author

The Scientist’s Atom and the Philosopher’s Stone

Springer eBooks·2009·1 author·book

63citations

The Theory-Dependence of the Use of Instruments in Science

Philosophy of Science·2003·1 author

37citations

Experiment versus mechanical philosophy in the work of Robert Boyle: a reply to Anstey and Pyle

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·2002·1 author

24citations

Wege der Wissenschaft

Springer eBooks·2001·1 author·book

18citations

Qué es esa cosa llamada ciencia

·2000·1 author

83citations

Making Sense of Laws of Physics

Springer eBooks·1999·1 author·chapter

34citations

Grenzen der Wissenschaft

Springer eBooks·1999·1 author·book

25citations

Retracing the Ancient Steps to Atomic Theory

Science & Education·1998·1 author

15citations

Wege der Wissenschaft

Springer eBooks·1994·1 author·book

11citations

The lack of excellency of Boyle's mechanical philosophy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·1993·1 author

48citations

So the laws of physics needn't lie

Australasian Journal of Philosophy·1993·1 author

44citations

Galilean Relativity and Galileo’s Relativity

Boston studies in the philosophy of science·1993·1 author·chapter

21citations

La ciencia y cómo se elabora

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)·1992·1 author

31citations

Is a Law Reasonable to a Hume?

Cogito·1992·1 author

4citations

Wege der Wissenschaft

Springer eBooks·1989·1 author·book

14citations

The Galileo that Feyerabend Missed: An Improved Case Against Method

Springer eBooks·1986·1 author·chapter

12citations

Methodological Individualism: An Incongruity in Popper’s Philosophy

Nijhoff international philosophy series·1985·1 author·chapter

8citations

Towards an Objectivist Account of Theory Change

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science·1979·1 author

12citations

Maxwell's methodology and his application of it to electro-magnetism

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·1973·1 author

23citations

Curie's Principle

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science·1970·1 author

52citations