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When Will Scientific Disagreement Bear Fruit?: A Case Study About Angiosperm Origins

Valde, Katherine (2025) When Will Scientific Disagreement Bear Fruit?: A Case Study About Angiosperm Origins. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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The timing of the origin of flowering plants (Angiosperm) is hotly debated. It has been suggested that the disagreement between the fossil record of angiosperm origin strongly conflicts with the origin estimates generated by molecular clocks. I argue that this conflict reveals lessons about whether or under what conditions scientific disagreement is likely to bear fruit. Specifically, I point to issues of evidence quality and social epistemic structures which deserve more attention in understanding the productivity of disagreement.


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Valde, Katherinevaldekg@wofford.edu0009-0006-2832-4201
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology
Specific Sciences > Historical Sciences
General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
Depositing User: Dr. Katherine Valde
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2024 16:49
Last Modified: 11 Jun 2024 16:49
Item ID: 23555
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology
Specific Sciences > Historical Sciences
General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
Date: June 2025
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23555

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