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Summary/Abstract: In all aspects but one, this is a regular issue of our journal, containing peerreviewed research papers, short communications and, unfortunately, an obituary. The novelty introduced in this issue is the English translations of research papers, originally published in some other language, which would be of interest to historians and philosophers of science. The tradition opens with an early paper of Rein Vihalemm, translated from Russian by Ave Mets. Rein Vihalemm was a founding member of our journal’s Editorial Board. He was also an initiator and founding member of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry. In a way, without applying the term, philosophy of chemistry existed in the Soviet Union earlier than it was established as a philosophical discipline in the West. Rein Vihalemm was active in the discipline and published research in Russian and Estonian long before he got the chance to begin regular cooperation with his Western colleagues and start publishing in English. In this issue, Ave Mets also authors an interesting original article in philosophy of chemistry. [...]

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