Why the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is Suing the Trump Administration
Read MoreColorful Betting Practices
Adrian and Joyce discuss a paper by Derek about dinosaur coloration and placing epistemic bets on science.
Read MoreBeginning at the beginning: Leibniz and the texts of deep history.
What seperates history from paleontology? Not the reading of texts, says Justin E. H. Smith, who, via examination of Leibniz’s family-history-turned-geological-masterwork Protogaea, argues that ‘reading the fossil record’ is far from a metaphor…
Read MoreData, Text & Simulation: Alisa Bokulich’s "Using models to correct data: paleodiversity and the fossil record."
Derek and Adrian turn a critical eye to Alisa Bokulich’s recent paper on data models in paleontology…
Read MoreExtinct in 2018, Extinct in 2019!
A quick reflection on 2018, and news about 2019!
Read MorePhilosophical Metaphor & Philosophical Analysis
Philosophers often use metaphors to illustrate and label their analyses. Is that a good idea? Adrian examines Carol Cleland’s ‘smoking gun’ metaphor to suggest an answer…
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