期刊名称：Hyle : International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
印刷版ISSN：1433-5158
出版年度：2011
卷号：17
期号：1
页码：1-23
出版社：HYLE Publications, Karlsruhe and University of Karlsruhe
摘要：Josiah Parsons Cooke established chemistry education at Harvard University, initiated an atomic weight research program, and broadly impacted American chemical education through his students, the introduction of labo-ratory instruction, textbooks, and influence on Harvard's admissions require-ments. The devoutly Unitarian Cooke also articulated and defended a biogeo-chemical natural theology, which he defended by arguing for commonalities between the epistemologies of science and religion. Cooke's pre-Mendeleev classification scheme for the elements and atomic weight research were moti-vated by his interest in numerical order in nature, which reflected his belief in a divine lawgiver.
关键词：Biography; philosophy of education; epistemology of science; natural ;theology; chemistry and religion
