Earth Sciences 2240F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deism, Uniformitarianism, James Hutton
15 Oct 2016
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Chapter 1: philosophy: problems with observation and interpretation. Introduction dogma: a set of beliefs presented as obligatory principles by the church. Thomas burnet ( confessor to king william iii) assumed all the uneven features of earth"s surface resulted from noah"s ood. Archbishop ussher in 1650 pronounced that earth came into existence at sunset of. October 22nd, 4004 b. c. philosophy of catastrophism: an attempt to recognize the importance of geological processes, but sequence them and con ne them within the concept of biblical studies. Baron georges cuvier is head of the prestigious academy of science. published the results of his study of the sedimentary rocks forming the layers of the paris basin. Leonardo da vinci was the rst person who seems mohave recognized the concept uniformitarianism or gradualism. !2 the rst person to formulate the concept and name it was james hutton acknowledged as the father of modern geology".
