Artículo
On the nature of quantum-chemical entities: the case of electron density
Fecha de publicación:
05/2022
Editorial:
Springer
Revista:
Foundations of Chemistry
ISSN:
1386-4238
e-ISSN:
1572-8463
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
An Aristotelian philosophy of nature offers an alternative to reduction for the conception of the inter-theoretical relationships between molecular chemistry and quantum mechanics. A basic ingredient for such an approach is an ontology of fundamental causal powers, and this work aims to develop such an ontology by drawing on quantum-chemical entities, particularly, the electron density. This notion is central to the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules, a theory of molecular structure developed by Richard F. W. Bader, which describes molecules and atoms in terms precisely of the electron density. Then, by identifying a philosophical tension in Bader’s discourse about the nature of electron density, the work will analyze this central notion in terms of the categorical/dispositional distinction regarding properties. The central idea is that electron density can be conceived as categorical and dispositional at once, and this very characterization can avoid Bader’s philosophical tension.
Palabras clave:
ELECTRON DENSITY
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QTAIM
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DISPOSITIONALITY
,
CUALITATIVITY
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Jaimes Arriaga, Jesus Alberto; On the nature of quantum-chemical entities: the case of electron density; Springer; Foundations of Chemistry; 5-2022; 1-13
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