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Ideas of Robin F. Hendry, by Text
[British, fl. 2006, At Durham University.]
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Intro
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p.520
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17476
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Elements survive chemical change, and are tracked to explain direction and properties
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'Chem'
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p.521
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17477
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Defining elements by atomic number allowed atoms of an element to have different masses
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'Micro'
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p.522
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17480
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Generally it is nuclear charge (not nuclear mass) which determines behaviour
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'Micro'
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p.522
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17478
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Maybe two kinds are the same if there is no change of entropy on isothermal mixing
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'Micro'
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p.522
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17479
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The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons
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'Micro'
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p.523
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17482
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Compounds can differ with the same collection of atoms, so structure matters too
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'Micro'
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p.523
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17481
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Nuclear charge (plus laws) explains electron structure and spectrum, but not vice versa
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'Micro'
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p.523
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17483
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Water continuously changes, with new groupings of molecules
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'Micro'
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p.524
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17485
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Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules)
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'Micro'
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p.524
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17484
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Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure
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'Ontol'
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p.528
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17486
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Supervenience is simply modally robust property co-variance
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