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Elemental Ontology

Elemental Ontology is a theoretical framework within the philosophy of chemistry that specifies the fundamental entities and their modes of existence considered to be elementary substances, distinguishing them from mere compounds or abstract classes by grounding their identity in historical, dispositional, and microstructural criteria.

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2017–2026

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Elements, Compounds, and Other Chemical Kinds

Robin Findlay Hendry · Philosophy of Science · 2006 · 174 citations · Full text

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Elemental worlds: Specificities, exposures, alchemies

Sasha Engelmann, Derek McCormack · Progress in Human Geography · 2021 · 105 citations · Full text

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Rock, water, air and fire: Foregrounding the elements in the Gibraltar-Spain dispute

Rachael Squire · Environment and Planning D Society and Space · 2015 · 96 citations

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Materials in eighteenth-century science: a historical ontology

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 90 citations

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Withdrawing from atmosphere: An ontology of air partitioning and affective engineering

Andreas Philippopoulos‐Mihalopoulos · Environment and Planning D Society and Space · 2015 · 89 citations

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Authors

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  1. YF
    Yuriko Furuhata

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  2. MH
    Martin Hsiu‐Chu Lin

    Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. UK
    Ursula Klein

    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. HK
    Helge Kragh

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    1 publications · 52 citations

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  5. WL
    Wolfgang Lefèvre

    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany

    1 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

22

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    150 citations

  2. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    201 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    60 citations

  4. Université de Sherbrooke

    Sherbrooke, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  5. Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

  7. Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. University of Westminster

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 129 citations

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  3. Progress in Human Geography

    2 publications · 138 citations

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  4. Environment and Planning D Society and Space

    2 publications · 185 citations

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  5. Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies

    JEMCS · 1 publications · 56 citations

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