Chapter ID: CBB001021052

Theory Choice in the Historical Sciences: Geology as a Philosophical Case Study (2009)

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Vanderburgh, William L. (Author)


Pages: 267-276
Publication date: 2009
Language: English


Description The focus is on Charles Lyell and uniformitarianism.


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Authors & Contributors
Achinstein, Peter
Allen, James
Blackmore, John T.
Breyer, John A.
Canali, Stefano
Christie, Maureen
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
History of European Ideas
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Ashgate
Johns Hopkins University Press
Sentinel Open Press
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
History of philosophy of science
Evidence
Epistemology
Geology
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Lyell, Charles
Newton, Isaac
Bacon, Francis, 1st Baron Verulam
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Descartes, René
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
18th century
20th century
16th century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
Greece
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