Why are paleoanthropologists happy to accept the existance of an Upper-Paleolithic European flute, but so skeptical of a Middle-Paleolithic European flute?
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Edward Drinker Cope is mostly famous for his fossil-hungry rivalry with Othaniel Charles Marsh, but did you know that he had a theory of consciousness and published in The Monist? In this fascinating post, Trever Pearce invites us to consider Cope as a philosopher...
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What kind of luck do paleontologists need in the field?
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The very idea that the earth's crust is a "record" has its origins natural theology. And that metaphor is optional.
Read MoreThe secret epistemology of paleontological fieldwork.
Is there an epistemology of fieldwork? You bet there is: but it's often hidden to philosophers. Adrian recounts how a recent journey to Dinosaur Provincial Park got him thinking about the nature of work in the field.
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