Bobadilla, Hernan (2022) What is at Stake in the Formalization of a Chronostratigraphic Unit? A Case Study on the Anthropocene. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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The prospective formalization of the Anthropocene as a chronostratigraphic unit by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) has been intensely debated. This paper explores and assesses the stakes of this process from a philosophical perspective. I distinguish two senses of formalization – the descriptive and the evaluative – and argue that: i) there are descriptive and evaluative formalizations of the Anthropocene beyond the confines of the ICS; ii) incoherencies between Anthropocene proposals and the ICS’s current tenets are not a decisive reason for deferring descriptive formalization; and iii) the prospective evaluative formalization of the Anthropocene by the ICS would be impactful.
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Keywords: | Anthropocene, formalization, chronostratigraphic unit | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Hernan Bobadilla | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 04:09 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 04:09 | ||||||
Item ID: | 20570 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Date: | 2022 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20570 |
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