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Uniformitarianism, also
known as the
Doctrine of
Uniformity or the
Uniformitarian Principle, is the ****umption that the same
natural laws and processes...
- One of the key
differences between catastrophism and
uniformitarianism is that
uniformitarianism observes the
existence of vast timelines,
whereas catastrophism...
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coherent account to date by
expressly linking the
Uniformitarian Principle to
geographical uniformitarianism and
expressing the parallels.
Around the same...
- intensities. The
philosopher William Whewell dubbed this
gradualistic view "
uniformitarianism" and
contrasted it with catastrophism,
which had been
championed by...
-
Principles of Geology,
which explained both
uniformitarian methodology and theory.
Using uniformitarianism,
which states that one
cannot make an appeal...
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published in 3
volumes from 1830 to 1833.
Lyell used the
theory of
uniformitarianism to
describe how the Earth's
surface was
changing over time. This theory...
- met John Herschel, who had
recently written to
Lyell praising his
uniformitarianism as
opening bold
speculation on "that
mystery of mysteries, the replacement...
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Charles Darwin,
combining the
biogeographical approach of Humboldt, the
uniformitarian geology of Lyell, Malthus's
writings on po****tion growth, and his own...
- of
Charles Lyell in the 1830s, who
incorporated this
theory into
uniformitarianism. However,
geologists regard sedimentary rocks such as
limestone as...
- one of the
earliest proponents of what in the 1830s
became known as
uniformitarianism, the
science which explains features of the Earth's
crust as the outcome...
