Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe¶
Cuvier, G. (1812). Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe.
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- Uniformitarianism
- (4) uniformitarianism is one pole of a recurring methodological tension with catastrophism (the assumption that rare high-intensity events have dominated historical change, as in Cuvier's 1812 Discourse on the Revolutions of the Surface of the Globe); modern practice treats both as complementary rather than opposing.
This sourceParis. Foundational catastrophist text: argues that Earth's history is dominated by rare, high-intensity revolutions (extinctions, floods) that interrupt the continuous operation of present-day causes; the methodological pole against which Lyellian uniformitarianism was defined.
- (4) uniformitarianism is one pole of a recurring methodological tension with catastrophism (the assumption that rare high-intensity events have dominated historical change, as in Cuvier's 1812 Discourse on the Revolutions of the Surface of the Globe); modern practice treats both as complementary rather than opposing.
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