Philosophy of geohistory, 1785-1970 /
| Основен автор: | Albritton, Claude C., 1913- (comp.) |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Stroudsburg, Pa.,
Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross
[1975]
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| Серия: |
Benchmark papers in geology,
v. 13 |
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Съдържание:
- Toulmin, S. E. The discovery of time.
- Hutton, J. The system of the earth, its duration, and stability.
- Playfair, J. Excerpts from Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth.
- Lyell, C. Prejudices which have retarded the progress of geology.
- Whewell, W. The two antagonist doctrines of geology.
- Chamberlin, T. C. The method of multiple working hypotheses.
- Gilbert, G. K. The origin of hypotheses, illustrated by the discussion of a topographic problem.
- Davis, W. M. The value of outrageous geological hypotheses.
- Johnson, D. W. Role of analysis in scientific investigation.
- Mackin, J. H. Rational and empirical methods of investigation in geology.
- Anderson, C. A. Simplicity in structural geology.
- Hubbert, M. K. Critique of the principle of uniformity.
- Simpson, G. G. Uniformitarianism.
- Hooykaas, R. Catastrophism in geology, its scientific character in relation to actualism and uniformitarianism.
- Kitts, D. B. Geologic time.