In this post, we look at whether AI has contributed to any of the four main senses of cognitive progress.

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Artificial intelligence models that make predictions based solely on data present problems for philosophers

Chemistry is an experimental science. One cannot learn nor practice chemistry without conducting experiments and spending some time in a laboratory. To appreciate this, I employ the concept of pursuit...

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

Understanding how previous shifts in scientific understanding occurred affects how we view current theories

Understanding how previous shifts in scientific understanding occurred affects how we view current theories

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

Female chemists played essential roles in developing chemical practice

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6.30pm Wed 25 Feb | Vanessa Seifert, Alexander Franklin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Artifical intelligence is just the latest method to open up chemistry to more people

Why MOFs are a great choice for the Nobel prize in chemistry

Understanding causation can motivate product improvements

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...

A philosophical discussion about how much we can trust our senses

Women and Correspondence in the Nineteenth Century Workshop, June 19, 2025 organized with the cooperation of the Book History Lab Department...

From correcting research imbalances to placing value on lived experiences

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

Many medical conditions affect only women, or affect them disproportionately, but women's health has historically been neglected in medical research. In this collection, we look at the gender gap in h...

Some further thoughts on the nature of reactions

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...

Looking beyond today's periodic table

In the quest for new chemical elements, scientists have pushed physics to its breaking point. Their efforts may take us beyond the bounds of the periodic table. Vanessa Seifert

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The wetness of water seems obvious - but dive into the science and it's not so clear cut

Lessons with philosophical significance for how we group people and objects

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

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Often dismissed as the poor cousin of the sciences, chemistry has revealed natural laws that illuminate our Universe

How the natural sciences relate and what these relations tell us about the world have been examined in philosophy for a long time. Yet despite the enormous advances in the natural sciences and the gro...