Foundations of Chemistry

期刊简介：Foundations of Chemistry is an international journal which seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum where chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, educators and sociologists with an interest in foundational issues can discuss conceptual and fundamental issues which relate to the `central science' of chemistry. Such issues include the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics. The journal will publish peer-reviewed academic articles on a wide range of subdisciplines, among others: chemical models, chemical language, metaphors, and theoretical terms; chemical evolution and artificial self-replication; industrial application, environmental concern, and the social and ethical aspects of chemistry's professionalism; the nature of modeling and the role of instrumentation in chemistry; institutional studies and the nature of explanation in the chemical sciences; theoretical chemistry, molecular structure and chaos; the issue of realism; molecular biology, bio-inorganic chemistry; historical studies on ancient chemistry, medieval chemistry and alchemy; philosophical and historical articles; and material of a didactic nature relating to all topics in the chemical sciences. Foundations of Chemistry plans to feature special issues devoted to particular themes, and will contain book reviews and discussion notes. Audience: chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, chemical educators, sociologists, and other scientists with an interest in the foundational issues of science.

【译文】《化学基础》是一本国际期刊，旨在提供一个跨学科的论坛，让对化学基础问题感兴趣的化学家、生物化学家、哲学家、历史学家、教育工作者和社会学家可以讨论与化学‘中心科学’相关的问题和基本概念。这些问题包括化学在物理和生物学之间的自主角色以及化学是否可以简化为量子力学的问题。该期刊将发表经过同行评审的学术论文，涵盖广泛的子学科，包括：化学模型、化学语言、隐喻和理论术语；化学进化与人工自我复制；工业应用、环境关注以及化学专业的社会和伦理方面；建模的本质和仪器在化学中的作用；机构研究和化学科学中解释的本质；理论化学、分子结构和混沌；现实主义的议题；分子生物学、生物无机化学；古代化学、中世纪化学和炼金术的历史研究；哲学和历史文章；以及与化学科学所有主题相关的教学材料。化学基础计划推出专注于特定主题的特刊，并将包含书评和讨论笔记。