cataclysms proposed by proponents of catastrophism like Cuvier and Buckland. One of the key differences between catastrophism and uniformitarianism is that uniformitarianism...
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Shiva hypothesis (redirect from Coherent catastrophism)
The Shiva hypothesis, also known as coherent catastrophism, is the idea that global natural catastrophes on Earth, such as extinction events, happen at...
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Immanuel Velikovsky (redirect from Velikovskian catastrophism)
Velikovskyist C. Leroy Ellenberger had become a vocal critic of Velikovskian catastrophism. Some Velikovskyist publications and authors such as David Talbott remain...
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William Whewell, uniformitarianism was originally proposed in contrast to catastrophism by British naturalists in the late 18th century, starting with the work...
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Neocatastrophism (redirect from Neo-catastrophism)
Neocatastrophism is the hypothesis that life-exterminating events such as gamma-ray bursts have acted as a galactic regulation mechanism in the Milky Way...
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Accidentalism and catastrophism were two differing ideologies in Spain in the inter-war period. They were particularly noticeable among opponents of Spain's...
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cumulative product of slow but continuous processes, often contrasted with catastrophism. The theory was proposed in 1795 by James Hutton, a Scottish geologist...
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selection, was denied, explanations of evolution such as Lamarckism, catastrophism, orthogenesis, vitalism, structuralism and mutationism (called saltationism...
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ufology, ancient astronaut theory, Holocaust denialism, Velikovskian catastrophism, and climate change denialism are pseudosciences." There are implications...
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Flood geology (section Catastrophism and diluvialism)
catastrophes in geology, and in 1832 William Whewell dubbed this view catastrophism, while naming Lyell's insistence on explanations based on current processes...
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throughout the Earth's history and are still occurring today. In contrast, catastrophism is the theory that Earth's features formed in single, catastrophic events...
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equilibrium/Saltationism Micromutation/Macromutation Uniformitarianism/Catastrophism Speciation Allopatric Anagenesis Catagenesis Cladogenesis Cospeciation...
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Georges Cuvier (category Catastrophism)
events. In this way, Cuvier became the most influential proponent of catastrophism in geology in the early 19th century. His study of the strata of the...
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He was active in an association dedicated to Immanuel Velikovsky, catastrophism and historical revisionism, the Gesellschaft zur Rekonstruktion der...
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Sandweiss, Daniel H.; Quilter, Jeffrey (31 January 2009). El Niño, Catastrophism, and Culture Change in Ancient America. Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles...
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Alcide d'Orbigny (category Catastrophism)
D'Orbigny, a disciple of Georges Cuvier, was a notable advocate of catastrophism. He recognized twenty-seven catastrophes in the fossil record. This...
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Lord Kelvin (category Catastrophism)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer...
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preface to Cain, Cain's vision in Act II was inspired by the theory of catastrophism. In an attempt to explain large gaps in the fossil record, catastrophists...
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Carlism in literature (section Catastrophism)
On March 21, 1890, at a conference dedicated to the siege of Bilbao during the Third Carlist War, Miguel de Unamuno delivered a lecture titled La última...
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Professor of Chinese History at Leiden University 30 January 2014 Catastrophism Andrew Scott, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow in the Department of Earth...
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