The Wilhelm Ostwald's School of Physical Chemistry

• Authors: Sobczynska D.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is devoted to activity of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853 - 1932) as the creator and then, in a period 1887-1906, the leader of the famous school of physical chemistry in Leipzig. The phenomenon of the extraordinary scientific energy of the school has been evaluated from two different viewpoint: L. Fleck's philosophy of science and concept of Polish sociological schools of J. Gockowski and J. Szacki. Numerous factographical details regarding cooperation of W. Ostwald with an international group of graduate students were taken from little-known memoirs of J. Zawidzki, a former Polish student. In the paper, didactic methods of W. Ostwald, social life of the whole group of the scientists, as well as scientific output and expansion into American ground have been analysed. The authoress ties to elucidate that W. Ostwald's own scientific and didactic experiences allowed him later to form many sound postulates regarding reformation and re-organization of global science.

Keywords

EN

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGICAL SCHOOLS

Discipline

• SCIENCE_OF_SCIENCE: SCIENCE OF SCIENCE

• Publisher: Science Studies Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
• Year: 2005
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 429-446
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sobczynska D.

• D. Sobczynska, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Szmarzewskiego 89C, 60-568 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA00852057