How Did Phlogiston Theory Account for Animal Respiration?

In responding to worries from realists (§5.1) we helped ourselves to the idea of representing non-existent entities (e.g., phlogiston). But how, one might ask, ... The phlogiston theory of combustion and a theory of disease based on ... Cultural Change as Informational Cascades. Journal of Political Economy, 100 ... happened to phlogiston? One does not get a warranted realism for the ... the informational cause of the judgement. But then, the I-language was ... This report is for general informational purposes only and does not ... Phlogiston Phase I (2021 vintage) registered by the Climate Action Reserve ... “phlogiston” and “ether” from “heat” and “air”; nor a literary theorist with ... At a minimum, it needs to be an interaction in which informational channels ... The history of phlogiston theory should make us wary of such loose, sweeping constructs. We should be especially wary of the argument that information is a ... ... phlogiston, earth, air, ether, essence, etc. Chemistry imported and phased ... The term record is generally used when the stored entity is informational ... ... phlogiston and caloric fluid. This prediction rests on an argument which ... informational relation that specifies the agent's attitude (pretending ... 'Complete information' or 'all relevant information' just picks out any informational state which will render an individual ... Take 'phlogiston'. Given ... Older concepts may also be entirely abandoned: phlogiston and entelechy. ... John Maynard Smith insists: "In biology, the use of informational terms implies ...