Abstract
AbstractIn this short essay I address the central topic of the Centenary Workshop on Acidity, that is the relations of the classical protonist acid–base theory by Brønsted and the electronist approach by Lewis. Emphasis is laid on the empirical background of both approaches and the over-theoretization of chemical phenomena (essentialism) is criticized.
Funder
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
History,Biochemistry,General Chemistry
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