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Single Idea 14098

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry]

Full Idea

To be an acid just is to be a proton donor.

Gist of Idea

An acid is just a proton donor

Source

Gideon Rosen (Metaphysical Dependence [2010], 10)

Book Reference

'Modality', ed/tr. Hale,B/Hoffman,A [OUP 2010], p.124


A Reaction

My interest here is in whether we can say that we have found the 'essence' of an acid - so we want to know whether something 'deeper' explains the proton-donation. I suspect not. Being a proton donor happens to have a group of related consequences.