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The book delves into the often-neglected metachemical fundamentals of chemistry, arguing that traditional metaphysics based on theoretical physics fails to adequately address its complexities. It explores key concepts such as affinity, synthesis, and chemical bonds through a historical and philosophical lens, referencing influential chemists like Frantisek Wald and Wilhelm Ostwald. Ultimately, the author concludes that chemistry should be viewed as a systematic art, echoing Immanuel Kant's perspective on the discipline's unique nature and importance.

J. Schummer: Matter versus Form, and Beyond – U. Klein: A Historical Ontology of Material Substances: c. 1700-1830 – B. Bensaude-Vincent: Chemistry Beyond the “Positivism vs Realism” Debate – K. Ruthenberg: Chemistry without Atoms: Frantisek Wald – J. Soentgen: Stuff: A Phenomenological Definition – P. Needham: A Critique of the Kripke/Putnam Conception of Water – R. Findlay Hendry: Microstructuralism: Problems and Prospects – G. K. Vemulapalli: Nature of Chemical Substances: Microscopic and Macroscopic Views – J. van Brakel: Pure Chemical Substances