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Our own @Finkelsaurus gave a talk @TEDxMcMinnville about #extinction and #philosophy! (Eagle-eyed viewers will also find a cameo by @philosofir and @derekdturner!) extinctblog.org/palaeonews/202…


Is appreciation of beauty and #history a necessary part of #knowledge in #paleontology? @philady considers the perspective offered in @derekdturner's new #philosophy book! extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/1…


What's the basis for computer models in #paleontology and how can we make them less subjective? @Finkelsaurus shares some ideas! #philosophy #science extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/1…


How many #Tyrannosaurus skeletons are worth a collection of bird femurs? @philady considers a surprising answer in a new essay about synoptic series! #philosophy #paleontology #science extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/9…


Have we entered a new epoch in #geology? In our new essay, @derekdturner and Adrian Currie debate the #philosophy of #history and what it means for the #anthropocene! extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/7…


A symposium for Adrian's "Rock, Bone, and Ruin" is now up @PTPBio, featuring contributions from @philady, @derekdturner, @Finkelsaurus, and @PhilSciAssoc president Alison Wylie! tinyurl.com/y6xxbhda


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Out today: An author-meets-critics book symposium on Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences (2018, MIT Press) by Adrian Currie, with Alison Wylie, Leonard Finkelman, Joyce C. Havstad, and Derek Turner. At ptpbio.org


Get through your hot summer day with a cool new post! This month we have @philady and Adrian offering a #philosophy of #science review of @FossilHistory's paper on #Australopithecus! extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/6…


Finally, we put out a call for support to erect a statue of #MaryAnning in her hometown! Why? Because @MaryAnningRocks! extinctblog.org/palaeonews/201…


Most recently, @philady and @derekdturner review @edobsonjones' critique of #CelebrityScience! Does #JurassicPark come up? You bet it does--and so does the recent #Tanis controversy! extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/5…


Also check out @philady's introduction of Imre Lakatos into the debate over whether or not birds are #dinosaurs--in order to understand how we can resolve disagreements in #science! extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/5…


We're back on Twitter and ready to catch everyone up on all our great #philosophy of #paleontology essays of the last three months! First up: @derekdturner defends @SVP_vertpaleo's political activism! extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/3…


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What color was that dinosaur, actually? New paper in Nature Communication on a third method for color determination from fossils (especially for red pigment): nature.com/articles/s4146… See philosophical discussion @ExtinctBlog extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/3… sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/col…


In this post, @derekdturner and Adrian Currie take a critical look at Alisa Bokulich’s recent paper Using models to correct data: paleodiversity and the fossil record. #paleontology #science #philosophy extinctblog.org/extinct/2019/2…


Our year in review: looking back at the #philosophy of #paleontology blog in 2018 and looking forward to 2019! extinctblog.org/extinct/2018/1…


New post! Adrian closes out 2018 with an analysis of metaphors in #philosophy! extinctblog.org/extinct/2018/1…


New month, new post! @philady pays tribute to #MuseuNacional while considering the value of #naturalhistory collections! #philosophy #paleontology extinctblog.org/extinct/2018/1…


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