User:Lizcarrano/sandbox

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Possible Sources
 * Arguing for Uniformity: Rethinking Lyell's Principles of Geology by Victor Joseph Di Fate
 * An outline of the principles of geology: complete by Richard M. Field
 * Geology: principles and processes by William H. Emmons
 * The other face of Lyell: historical biogeography in his Principles of Geology by Alfredo Bueno-Hernandez, A and Llorente-Bousquets, Jorge E - full text online

The other face of Lyell

"Although some excellent papers have been published (Rudwick, 1970; Porter, 1978; Laudan, 1982; Gould, 1987; Blundell & Scott, 1998)" Wilkinson 2002 - more sources given in the first paragraph Lizcarrano (talk) 16:21, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


 * "Uniformitarianism claims that, although the past is unabservable, it must be presumed to have been governed by exactly the same forces as those we can observe in the present. The past can thus be reconstructed by comparing the results of those processes with what we now observe." Pg 551Lizcarrano (talk) 16:30, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


 * """ "Ruedwick (1972) differentiated four meanings of uniformitarianism in Lyell's work: (1) uniformity of laws, (2) uniformity of processes,(3)uniformity in the rhythm of change, and (4) uniformity of state or anti-progressionism" page 551"""Lizcarrano (talk) 16:38, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


 * "Lyell's work follows the methodological ideal of the Newtonian tradition, that is, it tries to explain facts through the search for verae causae (true causes), rejecting hypotheses, understood here as mere speculations." Page 551

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Hourglass
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