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compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhat is Philosophy of the Geosciences?The philosophy of the geosciences is an emerging subfield in philosophy of science. Although past and present geoscientific disciplines differ substantially, we argue that they frequently face common...

It's a traditionally neglected, but now rapidly growing, subfield of philosophy of science. I am currently writing a book on the philosophy of the geosciences that gives introduction, but in meantime I can recommend this survey paper by two members of my #PhiGeo research group

Thank you so much!

@alisabokulich.bsky.social

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Thanks for asking and sharing! Also, I still need to update my personal website, but a lot of my papers on philosophy of geosciences can be found here if they want more: bokulich.org/papers/

Susana Monsó

@susanamonso.com

Wonderful! I will pass it on (and check it out myself too) :)

Then again, I see how I might slot in a section on Darwin and coral reefs into a top five paper!

@alisabokulich.bsky.social

seismological measurements of PREM's parameters license reliable inferences about the Earth's interior. Abductive inferences I bet. Although I have thought about this from time to time, it is not now on my list of 100 papers to write. A real list.

Alisa Bokulich

cambridge.orgPeirce, Abduction, and Inverse Problems in the Geosciences | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge CorePeirce, Abduction, and Inverse Problems in the Geosciences

On Peirce, abduction, & early seismology you might be interested in this recent OA paper of mine in Philosophy of Science (based on a PSA'24 symposium) #philsci: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

10 Sept

Of the natural sciences, we have, first, the classificatory sciences, which are purely inductive zoölogy, mineralogy, and chemistry. Then we have the sciences of theory . . . astronomy, pure physics, etc. Then we have the sciences of hypothesis [abduction]—geology”