The Aesthetics of Molecular Representation: From the Empirical to the Constitutive |
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| Authors: | Tami I Spector |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, The University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA, 94117-1080, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the negative response to Dalton’s atomic symbols by situating them in the context of the normative eighteenth-century
representational system of affinity tables. Aesthetic analysis of the affinity tables reveals them as schema embedded with
a potent functionalist empiricism. In contrast, the aesthetics of Dalton's symbols is associated with hypothetico-deductivism
and alchemical iconicism.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | aesthetic functionalism affinity tables alchemical distancing atomic symbols chemical nomenclature |
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