What were the Early Criticisms of Phlogiston Theory?

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, ... Jun 8, 2017 ... Wikipedia, “Phlogiston theory”, Source (archive). Wikipedia, “Portunus ... informational content — and I know of no good reason to ... Jun 7, 1999 ... ... phlogiston was said to be lost. The result of this theoretical ... Informational approach. For a description of these and other ... As. MacKay [1] remarks, " 'Amount of information' measures not a 'stuff' but a rela- tion." Nevertheless, what I have called elsewhere [2] the Phlogiston Theory ... The phlogiston theory of combustion and a theory of disease based on ... Cultural Change as Informational Cascades. Journal of Political Economy, 100 ... Aug 1, 2016 ... phlogiston, which one probably does best to abandon. 233 A secondary ... informational sources such as legislative history in different cases. Nov 13, 2020 ... ... information flow look a little like the antiquated notion of phlogiston. But many still persist with the view that the dependent–independent ... trieved informational content.” (Hutto and Myin: 2). It is somewhat odd to ... justified fates of the terms “phlogiston”, “crystalline spheres”, “caloric”, “ae-. phlogiston left it. There were other explanations besides. But if the ... previously accessible information into facts that, for the preceding paradigm ... 6 That is a little unfair to Brian Ellis. See section 9 below. Page 8. 5I6 Jonathan Bennett or in facts about the presence or ...