Let us build better boats. An answer to Jeffrey Seeman's "Moving beyond insularity in the history, philosophy, and sociology of chemistry"

SEBASTIAN FORTIN; OLIMPIA LOMBARDI; JUAN CAMILO MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ

FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMISTRY

SPRINGER

Lugar: Dordrecht; Año: 2018

1386-4238

In his recent Editorial Article, Jeffrey Seeman (2017) calls for the promotion of collaborative work among different disciplines, focusing on the case of the interaction between chemistry, the history of chemistry and the philosophy of chemistry. From a general viewpoint, it is difficult to disagree with this claim; moreover, the interest of scientists in the history and the philosophy of science is always welcome. However, the devil is in the details: there are several points that, we think, must be discussed more carefully with the aim of arriving at far-reaching conclusions.