Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation¶
Lyell, C. (1830). Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation.
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- Uniformitarianism
- Uniformitarianism is the methodological assumption that: (1) the same physical, chemical, biological, and (by extension) social processes observable today have operated in the past, implying that knowledge of current mechanisms licenses inferences about unobservable past states, as Lyell (1830) codified in Principles of Geology under the subtitle "An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation";
This sourceJohn Murray. Systematized uniformitarianism as the methodological assumption that present geological processes operating at present rates suffice to explain past change, supplying the inference rule by which observable rates extend over deep-time intervals.
- Uniformitarianism is the methodological assumption that: (1) the same physical, chemical, biological, and (by extension) social processes observable today have operated in the past, implying that knowledge of current mechanisms licenses inferences about unobservable past states, as Lyell (1830) codified in Principles of Geology under the subtitle "An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation";
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