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Scerri, E.R. 1994. Flas Chemistry been at Least Approximately Reduced to Quantum Mechanics In Hull, D., Forbes, M., and Burian, R. (eds.), Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association, PSA, Vol. 1. East Lansing, MI Philosophy of Science Assosiation, 160—170. 

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Many articles have appeared on this issue, including S.J. Brush,The Reception of Mendeleev s Periodic Law in America and Britain, Isis, 87, 595-628,1996 R. Campbell,T. Vinci, Novel Confirmation, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 34, 315—341, 1983 P. Maher Prediction, Accommodation and the Logic of Discovery, in A. Fine,J. Leplin (eds.), PSA 1988, vol. 1, Philosophy of Science Association, East Lansing, MI, 1988, 273—285 J. Worrall Fresnel, Poisson and the White Spot The Role of Successful Prediction in the Acceptance of Scientific Theories, in D. Gooding, T. Pinch, S. Schaffer (eds.) The Uses of Experiment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989, pp. 135—157 E.R. Scerri, J. Worrall, Prediction and the Periodic Table, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 32, 407-452,2001. 

Wimsatt, Wilham C. 1976. Reductive explanation A fimctional account. In PSA Proceedings of the biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 1974, ed. G. Pearce, A.C. Michalos, C.A. Hooker, and R.S. Cohen, 671-710. Dordrecht Reidel. 

Published in PSA 1994, Vol. I (East Lansing, Mich. Philosophy of Science Association, 1994). 

One of us (Eric Scerri) has previously referred to this form of reduction as pragmatic reduction . Scerri, E. R., Has Chemistry Been At Least Approximately Reduced to Quantum Mechanics , PSA 1994, Vol. 1 (East Lansing, Mich. Philosophy of Science Association), 160-170. 

PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Volume 1994, Issue Volume One Contributed Papers (1994), 160-170. 

Wimsatt, 1972] W. Wimsatt. Complexity and Organization, in PSA 1972 Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association. Dordrecht Reidel, p. 67-86, 1972. 

Scerri, 1994] E. Scerri. Has chemistry been at least approximately reduced to quantum mechanics PSA 1994, Volume 1 East Lansing, MI Philosophy of Science Association, 160-170, 1994. 

Wimsatt, William C. 1974. Complexity and organization. In PSA Proceedings of the biermial meeting of the philosophy of scierwe association, 1972, Boston studies in the philosophy of science, ed. Kenneth Schaffner and R. Cohen, 67-86. Dordrecht Reidel. 

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