A new project bridging the philosophy of chemistry with the philosophy of AI.

A new edition of Paul Needham's book, Macroscopic Metaphysics: Middle-Sized Objects and Longish Processes, is now out!

We are honoured to interview Annette Lykknes, Professor of chemistry education and historian of chemistry.

Annette Lykknes receives the 2026 HIST Award

In 1862 Béguyer de Chancourtois published his classification of elements, the first to identify periodicity on the basis of atomic weight. This post discusses this discovery

How should we define the chemical bond?

In this final article prompted by the work done during the research project "Chemical Reactions as Causes and Laws", I would like to present some of the problems and challenges that I encountered when...

Published in Ambix (Vol. 72, No. 2, 2025)

Kostas Gavroglu is Professor Emeritus at the Department of History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Athens.

For the latest issue of Jargonium Asks, we are thrilled to feature an interview with Eric R. Scerri, chemist and philosopher based at UCLA. Eric has published widely on philosophy of chemistry, and is...

Established by early-career researchers with a shared research interest in history and philosophy of chemistry, Jargonium showcases short essays on chemistry and alchemy from the perspective of humani...