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Monographs and Editions

15. The Public Image of Chemistry, Singapore et al.: World Scientific Publishing, 2007 (editor with Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent & Brigitte Van Tiggelen)
14. Nanotechnology Challenges: Implications for Philosophy, Ethics and Society, Singapore et al.: World Scientific Publishing, 2006 (editor with Davis Baird).
13. Nanotechnologien im Kontext: Philosophische, ethische und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven, Berlin: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 2006 (editor with Alfred Nordmann and Astrid Schwarz)
12. The Public Image of Chemistry, Special issue of Hyle, 2006 (editor with Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent & Brigitte Van Tiggelen)
11. Chemical Relations: Topics in the Philosophy of Chemistry (in preparation).     
10. Nanotech Challenges, joint special issue of Hyle and Techne, Karlsruhe & Columbia, SC, 2004-5 (editor with Davis Baird)
9. Discovering the Nanoscale, IOS Press, Amsterdam 2004 (editor with Davis Baird & Alfred Nordmann)
8. Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry, Special issue of Hyle, Karlsruhe 2003 (editor with Tami Spector)
7. Ethics of Chemistry, Special issue of Hyle, Karlsruhe 2001-2 (editor).
6. Models in Chemistry, Special issue of Hyle, Karlsruhe 1999-2000 (editor).
5. Glück und Ethik, Würzburg (Königshausen & Neumann) 1998 (editor and author). English abstract
4. Philosophie der Chemie. Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick, Würzburg (Königshausen & Neumann) 1996 (editor with N. Psarros & K. Ruthenberg). English abstract
3. Realismus und Chemie. Philosophische Untersuchungen der Wissenschaft von den Stoffen, Würzburg (Königshausen & Neumann) 1996. English abstract [revised version of: Pragmatischer Referenzrealismus, Referenzmethodologie und Chemie. Wissenschaftstheoretische Untersuchungen der Chemie im Anschluß an Rom Harrés 'Varieties of Realism', PhD thesis, University of Karlsruhe 1994].
2. Der wissenschaftliche Realismus als Wahrheitsrealismus: Argumente, Positionen und Konsequenzen, MA thesis, University of Karlsruhe 1990.
1. EMK-Messungen und Untersuchungen der thermodynamischen Mischungsgrößen im fluiden System Kx-KCl1-x, Chemistry Diplome thesis, University of Karlsruhe 1990.


Full Papers (Journal Articles & Book Chapters)

58. “Aesthetic Values in Technology and Engineering Design” (with Bruce MacLennan & Nigel Taylor), in: Anthonie Meijers (ed.): Handbook of the Philosophy of the Technological Sciences, (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 9) Elsevier (forthcoming).
57. “Matter versus Form, and Beyond”, in: Klaus Ruthenberg & Jaap van Brakel (Hg.): Stuff: The Nature of Chemical Substances, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann (forthcoming).
56. “From Nano-Convergence to NBIC-Convergence: ‘The best way to predict the future is to create it’”, in: Sabine Maasen & Christoph Rehmann-Sutter (eds.): Deliberating Future Technologies: Identity, Ethics, and Governance of Nanotechnology (forthcoming).
55. "The Creation of Life in Cultural Context: From Spontaneous Generation to Synthetic Biology", in: Mark Bedau & Emily Parke (eds.): Our Future with Protocells: The Social and Ethical Implications of the Creation of Living, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007 (forthcoming).
54. "The Impact of Nanotechnologies on Developing Countries", in: Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor & John Weckert (eds.), Nanoethics: Examining the Societal Impact of Nanotechnology, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007 (in print)
53. "The Global Institutionalization of Nanotechnology Research: A Bibliometric Approach to the Assessment of Science Policy", Scientometrics, 70, no. 3 (2007), 669-692 .
52. "Aristotelian Physics", in: Lesley Cormack (ed.): The History of Scientific Thought, Gale Group, (submitted for publication).
51. "Cultural Diversity in Nanotechnology Ethics", Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 31 (2006), 217-230.
50. "The Visual Image of Chemistry: Perspectives from the History of Art and Science" (with Tami Spector), Hyle, 13 (2007), 3-41 (to be reprinted in: Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent & Brigitte Van Tiggelen (eds.): The Public Image of Chemistry, Singapur: World Scientific, 2007, pp. 213-257).
49. "Nano-Erlösung oder Nano-Armageddon? Technikethik im christlichen Fundamentalismus" (Nano-Salvation or Nano-Armageddon? Engineering Ethics in the Age of Christian Fundamentalism), in: Alfred Nordmann, Joachim Schummer & Astrid Schwarz (eds.): Nanotechnologien im Kontext: Philosophische, ethische und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven, Berlin: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 2006, pp. 263-276.
48. "Popular Images versus Self-Images of Science: Visual Representations of Science in Clipart Cartoons and Internet Photographs" (with Tami Spector), in: Peter Weingart, & Bernd Hüppauf (eds.), Images of the Sciences in Public Media, London-New York: Routledge. 2007 (forthcoming).
47. "Providing Metaphysical Sense and Orientation: Nature-Chemistry Relationships in the Popular Historiography of Chemistry", in: Isabel Malaquias, Ernst Homburg & M. Elvira Callapez (eds.), Chemistry, Technology and Society: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the History of Chemistry, Estoril & Lisbon, Portugal, 6-10 September 2005, Aveiro: Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, pp. 166-175.
46. "Cultural Conditions for Perceiving Ethical Issues of Nanotechnology", in: Proceedings of the Chinese-German Symposium on the Ethics of High-Technologies, Dalian, 17-22 June 2005 (forthcoming)
45. "Identifying Ethical Issues of Nanotechnologies", in: Henk ten Have (ed.), Nanotechnology: Science, Ethics and Politics, Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2007, 79-98.
44. "Symmetrie und Schönheit in Kunst und Wissenschaft" (Symmetry and Beauty in Art and Science), in: Wolfgang Krohn (ed.), Wissenschaft und Kunst, Hamburg: Meiner, 2006, pp. 59-78 (special issue of Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft).
43. "Teaching Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology to Engineering Students through Science Fiction" , Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 25 (2005), 459-468 (with Rosalyn Berne).   
42. "Gestalt Switch in Molecular Image Perception: The Aesthetic Origin of Molecular Nanotechnology in Supramolecular Chemistry", Foundations of Chemistry, 8 (2006), 53-72.
41. "Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology: Meanings, Interest Groups, and Social Dynamics", Techne - Research in Philosophy and Technology, 8, no. 2 (2004), 56-87 (reprinted in: J. Schummer & D. Baird (eds.): Nanotechnology Challenges: Implications for Philosophy, Ethics and Society, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2006, pp. 413-449).
40. "Historical Roots of the 'Mad Scientist': Chemists in 19th-century Literature" 53, no. 2 (2006), 99-127.
39. "Reading Nano: The Public Interest in Nanotechnology as Reflected in Book Purchase Patterns", Public Understanding of Science , 14, no. 2, 2005, 163-183.
38. "Philosophy of Chemistry", in: Donald M. Borchert (Editor-in-chief), Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Second Edition, New York: Macmillan, 2006.
37. "Interdisciplinary Issues of Nanoscale Research", in: D. Baird, A. Nordmann & J. Schummer (eds.), Discovering the Nanoscale, Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2004, pp. 9-20.
36. "Forschung für die Armen versus Forschung für die Reichen: Verteilungsgerechtigkeit als moralisches Kriterium zur Bewertung der angewandten Chemie", in: Clemens Sedmak (Ed.), Option für die Armen: Die Entmarginalisierung des Armutsbegriffs in den Wissenschaften, Freiburg: Herder, 2005, pp. 605-626.
35. "Philosophie der Chemie: Rück- und Ausblicke", in: Klaus Griesar (ed.), Wenn der Geist die Materie küßt, Frankfurt: Harry Deutsch, 2004.
34.

"The Philosophy of Chemistry: From Infancy Towards Maturity", in: D. Baird, E. Scerri, L. MacIntyre (eds.), Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science series), Dordrecht: Springer, 2006, pp. 19-39.
33. "Multidisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, and Patterns of Research Collaboration in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology", Scientometrics, 59 (2004), 425-465.
32. "Naturverhältnisse in der modernen Wirkstoff-Forschung", in: K. Kornwachs (ed.), Technik - System - Verantwortung, Münster: LIT, 2004, pp. 629-638.
31. "Why do Chemists Perform Experiments?", in: D. Sobczynska, P. Zeidler, E. Zielonacka-Lis (eds.), Chemistry in the Philosophical Melting Pot, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2004, pp. 395-410.
30. "Über das Streben nach Lust", in: H. Friesen & K. Berr (eds.), Praktische Philosophie - Praktizierende Philosophie, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2004, pp. 417-432.
29. "Aesthetics of Chemical Products: Materials, Molecules, and Molecular Models", Hyle, 9, (2003), 73-104.
28. "Chemical versus Biological Explanation: Interdisciplinarity and Reductionism in the 19th-Century Life Sciences", in: J.E. Earley (ed.), Chemical Explanation: Characteristics, Development, Autonomy, New York (Annals of the New York Academy of Science, Vol. 988) 2003, pp. 269-281.
27. Review Article "The Philosophy of Chemistry", Endeavour, 27 (2003), 37-41.
26. "The Notion of Nature in Chemistry", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 34 (2003), 705-736.
25. "Warum Philosophen nicht über sich lachen können", in: R. Dürr & H. Lenk (eds.), Und ewig lacht die thrakische Magd, Münster: LIT, 2002, pp. 84-92.
24. "The Impact of Instrumentation on Chemical Species Identity", in: P. Morris (ed.): From Classical to Modern Chemistry: The Instrumental Revolution, Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002, pp. 188-211.
23. "Zeitbewußtsein, Ökologie und Ethik" Antemnae (Rom), 3 (2001), 172-190.  English abstract
22. "Ethics of Chemical Synthesis", Hyle, 7 (2001), 103-124.
21. "Aristotle on Technology and Nature", Philosophia Naturalis, 38 (2001), 105-120. English abstract
20. "Color field painting als 'reine Malerei': Die Etablierung der Kunstkritik im Modernismusentwurf", in: G. Reising (ed.), Farbe, Felder, Philosophie. Ein ästhetischer Dialog, München: Chorus, 2000, pp. 23-39.  English abstract
19.

"W kierunku filozofii chimii", in: D. Sobczynska, P. Zeidler (eds.), Chemia: Laboratorium, mysli i dzialan, Poznan: Widawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii UAM, 1999, pp. 173-202.
18. "Coping with the Growth of Chemical Knowledge: Challenges for Chemistry Documentation, Education, and Working Chemists", Educación Química, 10 (1999), No. 2 (Special 10th Anniversary Edition), pp. 92-101. English abstract
17. "Epistemology of Material Properties", in: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston/MA, USA, August 10-16, 1998, Boston 1999. English abstract
16. "Physical Chemistry: Neither Fish nor Fowl?", in: P. Janich, N. Psarros (eds.): The Autonomy of Chemistry, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1998, pp. 135-148. English abstract
15. "The Chemical Core of Chemistry I: A Conceptual Approach", Hyle, 4 (1998), 129-162. English abstract
14. "Glück und Ethik. Neue Ansätze zur Rehabilitierung der Glücksphilosophie", in: J. Schummer (ed.), Glück und Ethik, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1998, pp. 7-22.
13. "Towards a Philosophy of Chemistry", Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 28 (1997), 307-336. English abstract
12. "Challenging Standard Distinctions between Science and Technology: The Case of Preparative Chemistry", Hyle, 3 (1997), 81-94. English abstract [also in: Advances in the Philosophy of Technology. Proceedings of a Meeting of the International Academy of the Philosophy of Science, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 1997, ed. by Evandro Aganzzi & Hans Lenk, Newark: Society for Philosophy and Technology, 1999; and in: Advances and Problems in the Philosophy of Technology, ed. by H. Lenk & M. Maring, Münster: LIT, 2001, p. 215-229].
11. "Scientometric Studies on Chemistry II: Aims and Methods of Producing new Chemical Substances", Scientometrics, 39 (1997), 125-140.English abstract
10. "Scientometric Studies on Chemistry I: The Exponential Growth of Chemical Substances, 1800-1995", Scientometrics, 39 (1997), 107-123.English abstract
9. "Zur Semiotik der chemischen Zeichensprache: Die Repräsentation dynamischer Verhältnisse mit statischen Mitteln", in: P. Janich, N. Psarros (eds.): Die Sprache der Chemie, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1996, S. 113-126. English abstract
8. "Philosophie der Stoffe, Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick. Von der Entstofflichung der Welt zur ökologischen Relevanz einer Philosophie der Chemie", in: N. Psarros, K. Ruthenberg, J. Schummer (eds.): Philosophie der Chemie - Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1996, S. 143-164. English abstract
7. "Die stoffliche Weltveränderung der Chemie: Philosophische Herausforderungen", in: C. Hubig, H. Poser (eds.): Cognition humana - Dynamik des Wissens und der Werte. XVII. Deutscher Kongreß für Philosophie, Leipzig 1996, Workshop-Beiträge, Bd. 1, Leipzig 1996, S. 429-436. English abstract
6. "Zwischen Wissenschaftstheorie und Didaktik der Chemie: Die Genese von Stoffbegriffen", chimica didactica, 21 (1995), H. 2, 85-110. English abstract
5. "Ist die Chemie eine schöne Kunst? Ein Beitrag zum Verhältnis von Kunst und Wissenschaft", Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, 40 (1995), 145-178. English abstract
4. "Die philosophische Entstofflichung der Welt", chimica didactica, 21 (1995), no.1, 5-19.
3. "Die Rolle des Experiments in der Chemie", in: P. Janich (ed.): Philosophische Perspektiven der Chemie, Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut, 1994, S. 27-51. English abstract
2. "Reflexionen zum Zeitbegriff", Tacho. Zeitschrift für Perspektivenwechsel, 4 (1994), 110-123.
1. "EMF Study of the Thermodynamics of Liquid K(x)KCl(1-x), Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, 97 (1993), 177-183 (co-author).


Short Papers (Reviews, Reports, Encyclopedia Entries, Bibliographies)

44-47. “Editorials: Nanotech Challenges, Parts Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb”, Techne, 8 (2004), no. 2; Hyle, 10 (2004), no. 2, 63-64; Techne, 8 (2005), no. 3; Hyle, 11 (2005), no. 1, 3-4 (with D. Baird).
43. "Introduction", in: D. Baird, A. Nordmann & J. Schummer (eds.), Discovering the Nanoscale, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 1-5 (with D. Baird & A. Nordmann).
42. "Bibliography of Studies on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology", in: D. Baird, A. Nordmann, J. Schummer (eds.), Discovering the Nanoscale, IOS Press, Amsterdam 2004, pp. 311-316.
41. "Book Review: Davis Baird: Thing Knowledge. A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments", Ambix (forthcoming).   
40. "Book Review: L.M. Principe, L. DeWitt (Eds.), Transmutations: Alchemy in Art", Ambix, 51 (2004), 270-271.
39. "Substances versus Reactions, Editorial", Hyle, 10 (2004), 3-4
38. "Chemistry in Art: Introduction to the Virtual Art Exhibition", Hyle, 9 (2003), 3-7, 225-232 (with Tami I. Spector).
36-37. "Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry: Editorial Introduction", Part 1, Part 2, Hyle, 9 (2003), 3-7, 129-130 (with Tami I. Spector).
30-35. Biographic articles on "Van't Hoff, Jacobus Hendricus ", "Le Bel, Joseph Achille", "Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm", "Haber, Fritz", "Nernst, Walther Hermann", "Arrhenius, Svante August", in: in: J.J. Lagowski (ed.) Chemistry – Foundations and Applications, 4 vols., New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004, I:58-60, II:182-184, III:23-24, III:131-134, III: 208-210, IV:256-258
29. "Book Review: M. Christie: The Ozone Layer. A Philosophy of Science Perspective", Hyle, 8 (2002), 137-9.
28. "Review: N. Bushan & S. Rosenfeld (eds.): Of Minds and Molecules", Philosophical Quarterly, 53 (2003), 301-303.
27. "Review: H.-J. Rheinberger: Experimentalsysteme und epistemische Dinge", Angewandte Chemie, 114 (2002), 2519-20
26. "Review: J. van Brakel: Philosophy of Chemistry", Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 33 (2002), 168-174.
25. "Wilhelm Ostwald", biographic article in: Encyclopaedia Britannica (forthcoming)
23-24. "Editorial Introduction to Ethics of Chemistry” Part 1, Part 2, Hyle, 7 (2001), 83-84; 8 (2002), 2-4.
22. "The Many Facets of Wilhelm Ostwald", Chemical Heritage, 19 (2001), no. 2, 44-45.
21. "Conference Report: Wilhelm Ostwald at the Crossroads of Chemistry, Philosophy, and Media Culture, Leipzig, 2-4 November 2000", Hyle, 7 (2001), 80-82.
20. "Conference Report: From the Test-tube to the Autoanalyzer: The Development of Chemical Instrumentation in the Twentieth Century, London, 11-13 August 2000", Hyle, 7 (2001), 78-80.
19. "Voluntaristic Theology and Alchemy. Interrelations between Experimental Method, Religion, Technology, and Ethics", European Society for the Study of Science and Theology News, 10-3 (2000), 15-16.
18. "Chemie und Philosophie", Chemie in unserer Zeit, 34-3 (2000), 186.
15-17 "Editorial Introductions 'Models in Chemistry': Models in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Molecular Models; Modelling Complex Systems', Hyle, 5 (1999), 77-78; 6 (2000), 3-4, 99-100.
14. "Models of Interdisciplinary Research and Subdiscipline Formation. Notes on the Conference 'Between Physics and Biology: Chemical Sciences in the Twentieth Century', 29-30 May 1999, München, Germany, Hyle, 5 (1999), 171-174.
13. "Review: Chemical Research - 2000 and Beyond: Challenges and Visions, ed. by P. Barkan, New York - Oxford 1999", Hyle, 5 (1999), 168-170.
12. Essay Review: "'Natürliche Konstruktionen' - Neuere Versuche zur Entparadoxalisierung in Philosophie, Naturwissenschaft und Ästhetik", Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, 42 (1997), 215-225.
11. "Review: T. Leiber: Kosmos, Kausalität und Chaos, Würzburg 1996", Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 51 (1997), 557-560.
10. "Current HYLE Bibliography "Philosophy of Chemistry" (since 1997).
9. "Chemistry Managers Coping with Environmentalist's Criticism.. Review of: H. Heine, R. Mautz, Öffnung der Wagenburg? Antworten von Chemiemanagern auf ökologische Kritik", Hyle, 3 (1997), 109-110.
8. "Inherent Tensions of Chemistry. Review of R. Hoffmann, The Same and Not the Same", Hyle, 3 (1997), 107-109; reprinted in: Educación Química, 9 (1998), 177-178.
7. "Sind die Naturwissenschaften autonom?", Ethik und Sozialwissenschaften, 7 (1996), H. 2/3, 482-484.
6. "Bibliographie chemiephilosophischer Literatur der DDR", Hyle, 2 (1996), 3-11.
5. "Review: Chemical Sciences in the Modern World, ed. by S.H. Mauskopf, Philadelphia 1993", Hyle, 2 (1996), 13-14.
4. "Review: Atti del V Convegno Nazionale di Storia e Fondamenti della Chimica, ed. by G. Marino, Roma 1994", Hyle, 2 (1996), 14-15.
3. "Naturschutz oder Biologieschutz?", Ethik und Sozialwissenschaften, 6 (1995), 566-568.
2. "Philosophie der Chemie", Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie der GDCh, 11 (1995), 74-75.
1. "Peculiarities of Chemistry", 10th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, August 19-25, 1995, Florence. Volume of Abstracts (1995), p. 493.
 

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