Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos

Autores
Labarca, Martín Gabriel; Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
Año de publicación
2010
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español castellano
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Descripción
The aim of the present paper is to analyze the problem of the relationship between chemistry and physics, by focusing on the widely discussed case of the atomic orbitals. We will begin by remembering the difference between the physical and the chemical interpretation of the concept of orbital. Then, we will refer to the claim made in 1999 that atomic orbitals have been directly imaged for the first time. On this basis, we will analyze the problem from a new approach, by comparing the concept of orbital used in physics with the concept of orbital used in chemistry. Such an analysis will allow us to argue for an ontological pluralism that admits the coexistence of different ontologies without priorities or metaphysical privileges. From this philosophical framework, the concepts of chemical orbital and physical orbital correspond to two different ontologies. As a consequence, chemical orbitals are real entities belonging to the ontology of molecular chemistry, and can be observed like any other entity not belonging to the quantum mechanical ontology.
Fil: Labarca, Martín Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina
Fil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Materia
QUÍMICA
ORBITAL ATÓMICO
REDUCCIONISMO
REALISMO
PLURALISMO ONTOLÓGICO
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spelling Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicosLabarca, Martín GabrielLombardi, Olimpia IrisQUÍMICAORBITAL ATÓMICOREDUCCIONISMOREALISMOPLURALISMO ONTOLÓGICOhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6The aim of the present paper is to analyze the problem of the relationship between chemistry and physics, by focusing on the widely discussed case of the atomic orbitals. We will begin by remembering the difference between the physical and the chemical interpretation of the concept of orbital. Then, we will refer to the claim made in 1999 that atomic orbitals have been directly imaged for the first time. On this basis, we will analyze the problem from a new approach, by comparing the concept of orbital used in physics with the concept of orbital used in chemistry. Such an analysis will allow us to argue for an ontological pluralism that admits the coexistence of different ontologies without priorities or metaphysical privileges. From this philosophical framework, the concepts of chemical orbital and physical orbital correspond to two different ontologies. As a consequence, chemical orbitals are real entities belonging to the ontology of molecular chemistry, and can be observed like any other entity not belonging to the quantum mechanical ontology.Fil: Labarca, Martín Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; ArgentinaFil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina2010-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/189996Labarca, Martín Gabriel; Lombardi, Olimpia Iris; Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Principia; 14; 3; 8-2010; 309-3331414-42471808-1711CONICET DigitalCONICETspainfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2010v14n3p309info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5007/1808-1711.2010v14n3p309info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:50:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/189996instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:50:28.941CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
title Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
spellingShingle Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
Labarca, Martín Gabriel
QUÍMICA
ORBITAL ATÓMICO
REDUCCIONISMO
REALISMO
PLURALISMO ONTOLÓGICO
title_short Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
title_full Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
title_fullStr Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
title_full_unstemmed Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
title_sort Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Labarca, Martín Gabriel
Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
author Labarca, Martín Gabriel
author_facet Labarca, Martín Gabriel
Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv QUÍMICA
ORBITAL ATÓMICO
REDUCCIONISMO
REALISMO
PLURALISMO ONTOLÓGICO
topic QUÍMICA
ORBITAL ATÓMICO
REDUCCIONISMO
REALISMO
PLURALISMO ONTOLÓGICO
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aim of the present paper is to analyze the problem of the relationship between chemistry and physics, by focusing on the widely discussed case of the atomic orbitals. We will begin by remembering the difference between the physical and the chemical interpretation of the concept of orbital. Then, we will refer to the claim made in 1999 that atomic orbitals have been directly imaged for the first time. On this basis, we will analyze the problem from a new approach, by comparing the concept of orbital used in physics with the concept of orbital used in chemistry. Such an analysis will allow us to argue for an ontological pluralism that admits the coexistence of different ontologies without priorities or metaphysical privileges. From this philosophical framework, the concepts of chemical orbital and physical orbital correspond to two different ontologies. As a consequence, chemical orbitals are real entities belonging to the ontology of molecular chemistry, and can be observed like any other entity not belonging to the quantum mechanical ontology.
Fil: Labarca, Martín Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina
Fil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
description The aim of the present paper is to analyze the problem of the relationship between chemistry and physics, by focusing on the widely discussed case of the atomic orbitals. We will begin by remembering the difference between the physical and the chemical interpretation of the concept of orbital. Then, we will refer to the claim made in 1999 that atomic orbitals have been directly imaged for the first time. On this basis, we will analyze the problem from a new approach, by comparing the concept of orbital used in physics with the concept of orbital used in chemistry. Such an analysis will allow us to argue for an ontological pluralism that admits the coexistence of different ontologies without priorities or metaphysical privileges. From this philosophical framework, the concepts of chemical orbital and physical orbital correspond to two different ontologies. As a consequence, chemical orbitals are real entities belonging to the ontology of molecular chemistry, and can be observed like any other entity not belonging to the quantum mechanical ontology.
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