In which Max asks whether James Hall really left mountains out of his theory of mountain building (as J.D. Dana famously alleged)
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The First Philosopher of Paleontology— er, 'Palaetiology'
In which Max considers the geological writings of William Whewell and his concept of “palaetiological science”
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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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