What to make of Mendeleev’s predictions?

TY - JOUR

T1 - What to make of Mendeleev’s predictions?

AU - Wray, K. Brad

PY - 2019/7

Y1 - 2019/7

N2 - I critically examine Stewart’s (Found Chem, 2018) suggestion that we should weigh the various predictions Mendeleev made differently. I argue that in his effort to justify discounting the weight of some of Mendeleev’s failures, Stewart invokes a principle that will, in turn, reduce the weight of some of the successful predictions Mendeleev made. So Stewart’s strategy will not necessarily lead to a net gain in Mendeleev’s favor.

AB - I critically examine Stewart’s (Found Chem, 2018) suggestion that we should weigh the various predictions Mendeleev made differently. I argue that in his effort to justify discounting the weight of some of Mendeleev’s failures, Stewart invokes a principle that will, in turn, reduce the weight of some of the successful predictions Mendeleev made. So Stewart’s strategy will not necessarily lead to a net gain in Mendeleev’s favor.

KW - Mendeleev

KW - Periodic Table

KW - Prediction

U2 - 10.1007/s10698-018-9313-z

DO - 10.1007/s10698-018-9313-z

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1386-4238

VL - 21

SP - 139

EP - 143

JO - Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry

JF - Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry

IS - 2

ER -