-
cataclysms proposed by
proponents of
catastrophism like
Cuvier and Buckland. One of the key
differences between catastrophism and
uniformitarianism is that uniformitarianism...
- The
Shiva hypothesis, also
known as
coherent catastrophism, is the idea that
global natural catastrophes on Earth, such as
extinction events,
happen at...
-
Velikovskyist C.
Leroy Ellenberger had
become a
vocal critic of
Velikovskian catastrophism. Some
Velikovskyist publications and
authors such as
David Talbott remain...
-
William Whewell,
uniformitarianism was
originally proposed in
contrast to
catastrophism by
British naturalists in the late 18th century,
starting with the work...
-
Accidentalism and
catastrophism were two
differing ideologies in
Spain in the inter-war period. They were
particularly noticeable among opponents of Spain's...
- ufology,
ancient astronaut theory,
Holocaust denialism,
Velikovskian catastrophism, and
climate change denialism are pseudosciences."
There are implications...
-
Neocatastrophism is the
hypothesis that life-exterminating
events such as gamma-ray
bursts have
acted as a
galactic regulation mechanism in the
Milky Way...
-
among other terms, scientist, physicist, linguistics, consilience,
catastrophism, uniformitarianism, and astigmatism; he
suggested to
Michael Faraday...
- ****ulative
product of slow but
continuous processes,
often contrasted with
catastrophism. The
theory was
proposed in 1795 by
James Hutton, a
Scottish geologist...
- in
direct contrast to the
geological theory of
catastrophism. Many
individuals believed in
catastrophism to
allow room for
religious beliefs. For example...
