Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2016
Journal / Book Title
Foundations of Chemistry
Abstract
The periodic table may be seen as the most successful example of inquiry in the history of science, both in terms of practical application and theoretic understanding. As such, it serves as a model for truth as it emerges from inquiry. This paper offers a sketch of a central moment in the history of chemistry that illustrates an intuitive metamathematical construction, a model of emerging truth (MET). The MET, reflecting the structure the surrounds the periodic table, attempts to capture the salient epistemological elements that warrant truth claims based on sets of models that are progressive in light of both empirical and theoretical advance seen over time.
DOI
10.1007/s10698-016-9252-5
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Weinstein, Mark, "The Periodic Table and the Model of Emerging Truth" (2016). Department of Educational Foundations Scholarship and Creative Works. 101.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/educ-fdns-facpubs/101
Published Citation
Weinstein, M. (2016). The periodic table and the model of emerging truth. Foundations of Chemistry, 18(3), 195-212.