Experimental Practices of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.56117/resbenq.2024.v5.e052402Keywords:
History and philosophy of chemistry. Chemical transformations. Chemical practices. Scientific objects. Analysis and synthesisAbstract
Disciplinary knowledge is always connected to a social context of transmission and to a social group, in this case the chemical community, which reproduces itself. For this reason, what we currently call chemistry, both academic and industrial, can only be understood taking into account the great changes, here identified as chemical transformations, that their practices have had throughout history. Exemplifying the learning difficulties of these practices due to the confusion between scientific objects and chemical formulas, the importance of experimental practices is discussed, identifying that "in terms of teaching chemistry, the biggest deception that can be incurred is that of believing that you can learn chemistry on the blackboard or on paper without the corresponding experimentation”.
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