Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method
Abstract Many rational aspects of some fields of physics, including those related to the process of discovery, may be better understood using methodological tools typical of the philosophical analysis of science. Throughout this paper we shall use the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytica...
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| author | Jojomar Lucena Cássio Costa Laranjeiras José Raimundo Novaes Chiappin |
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| description | Abstract Many rational aspects of some fields of physics, including those related to the process of discovery, may be better understood using methodological tools typical of the philosophical analysis of science. Throughout this paper we shall use the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical (or discovery) method for a rational reconstruction of Gibbs' thermodynamics, or thermodynamics of potentials, seeking to emphasize the potentialities of the representational character of science. Our contention is that Descartes's method of discovery illuminates the intellectual itinerary of the construction of the thermodynamics of potentials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e99e29921fb04b6e8eb0b49f5b74e1782022-12-22T03:36:05ZporSociedade Brasileira de FísicaRevista Brasileira de Ensino de Física1806-912641110.1590/1806-9126-rbef-2018-0012S1806-11172019000100701Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical methodJojomar LucenaCássio Costa LaranjeirasJosé Raimundo Novaes ChiappinAbstract Many rational aspects of some fields of physics, including those related to the process of discovery, may be better understood using methodological tools typical of the philosophical analysis of science. Throughout this paper we shall use the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical (or discovery) method for a rational reconstruction of Gibbs' thermodynamics, or thermodynamics of potentials, seeking to emphasize the potentialities of the representational character of science. Our contention is that Descartes's method of discovery illuminates the intellectual itinerary of the construction of the thermodynamics of potentials.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172019000100701&lng=en&tlng=enGibbsDescartesAnalytical MethodThermodynamics of PotentialsHeuristics of Representation |
| spellingShingle | Jojomar Lucena Cássio Costa Laranjeiras José Raimundo Novaes Chiappin Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física Gibbs Descartes Analytical Method Thermodynamics of Potentials Heuristics of Representation |
| title | Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method |
| title_full | Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method |
| title_fullStr | Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method |
| title_short | Gibbs' rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of Descartes' analytical method |
| title_sort | gibbs rational reconstruction of thermodynamics according to the heuristic tradition of descartes analytical method |
| topic | Gibbs Descartes Analytical Method Thermodynamics of Potentials Heuristics of Representation |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172019000100701&lng=en&tlng=en |
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