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“What we are witnessing is the collapse of the terrestrial globe”

April 16, 2024

In which Max explores two titans of nineteenth century geology using fictional characters of their own creation, Lyell’s amphibious being and Suess’s extraterrestrial observer (Part 2 of 3)

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Good Grief

April 5, 2024

In which Max gets personal and talks about the academic job market in philosophy

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Alien versus Amphibian: War of the Worldviews?

March 20, 2024

In which Max explores two titans of nineteenth century geology using fictional characters of their own creation, Lyell’s amphibious being and Suess’s extraterrestrial observer (Part 1 of 3)

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The Importance of Background Theory, or Why James Hall Left Mountains out of his Theory of Mountain Building

January 31, 2024

In which Max asks whether James Hall really left mountains out of his theory of mountain building (as J.D. Dana famously alleged)

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Another six months of the (De-) Extinct Blog

January 17, 2024

In which we celebrate the art form of niche academic webloggery by looking back at six more months of Extinct content

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Dinosaur Time

January 5, 2024

In which Max complains about how prevalent the language of political domination is in popular writing about dinosaurs

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