Transformation, Persistence, and Identity

Are birds dinosaurs? Matt Haber shows how tackling this question raises a big metaphysical question: the nature of identity. He draws lessons about how the paleontological distinginction between typology and transformation, on how to do metaphysics, and on how philosophy can challenge our preconceptions.

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Is Internal/External Eternal?

Biological theory has long been marked by a debate between 'internalists' and 'externalists'. Trevor Pearce sets the distinction in an historical context and argues that in this case, we'd do better by focusing on epistemic rather than conceptual questions.

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From Bonebeds to Paleoecology

Using work in Dinosaur Provincial Park as an example, Don Brinkman explores how focusing on paleoecology - thinking about extinct animals as living creatures embedded in populations and environments - transformed the practice of paleontology.

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