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2011
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Eric Scerri, « Who is a theorist? », Revista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias, ID : 10670/1.epxnxl
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"This article carefully analyzes a recent paper by Weisberg in which it is claimed that when Mendeleev discovered the periodic table he was not working as a modeler but instead as a theorist. I argue that Weisberg is mistaken in several respects and that the periodic table should be regarded as a classification, not as a theory. In the second part of the article an attempt is made to elevate the status of classifications by suggesting that they provide a form of 'side-ways explanation'."