When are Fossils Data?

Existing accounts of data are unclear about whether the epistemic role objects play makes them data, or whether data have to be produced by human interaction with the world – these two features can come apart. I illustrate this ambiguity using the case of fossil data, which have rich histories and u...

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Main Author: Aja Watkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Michigan Publishing 2024-12-01
Series:Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology
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Online Access:https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/article/id/5521/
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