In which Max asks what an argument for repatriating a fossil might look like in the absence of demonstrable illegality in the acquisition of that fossil
Read MoreSizing up the "Biodiversity Crisis": Paleocurves, Measurements, and Problematic Inferences
In which Federica Bocchi considers the problems involved in comparing past and present measures of diversity, and their implications for the “biodiversity crisis.”
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The Trouble with Ancestors
In which Max debuts the doomed format of the “partial book review.” The subject: Chapter 10 of Ronald Jenner’s book, Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology
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Hugh Miller, Misplaced Boulders, and a Challenge for “Historical Cognitivism”
In which Max argues that an obscure Scottish geologist causes trouble for the position Derek Turner calls “historical cognitivism” in aesthetics
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“Truth also has its Paleontology,” or When Pragmatism Met Uniformitarianism
In which Max asks why on earth William James brings up paleontology when elaborating his pragmatic theory of truth
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Comparisons with Teeth: Two Hundred Years of Actualism in Paleontology
In which Max examines the durability and challenges of actualistic reasoning in paleontology
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