TY  - BOOK
AU  - Albritton,Claude C.
TI  - Philosophy of geohistory, 1785-1970
T2  - Benchmark papers in geology, v. 13
SN  - 0471020524
AV  - QE11 .A42
U1  - 550.9 19
PY  - 1975///]
CY  - Stroudsburg, Pa.
PB  - Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - History
KW  - Geologia
N1  - 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
ER  -