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Lyell. Lyell's uniformitarianism is a family of four related propositions, not a single idea: Uniformity of law – the laws of nature are constant across time and space. Uniformity of methodology – the appropriate hypotheses for explaining the geological past are those with analogy today.
Jan 26, 2007 · Hume’s argument against miracles foreshadows Lyell’s argument in favor of uniformity. “A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a Owen Anderson 455 firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can ...
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KEY WORDS: catastrophism, central heat theory, laws of nature, Lyell, Newton, principles, semantic conception of theories, uniformitarianism. Charles Lyell is celebrated as the scientist who formulated the uniformitarian synthesis, opposed deists and catastrophists and sought to establish geology as parallel to Newton's celestial mechanics.
Jun 22, 2007 · Using these insights, Lyell formulated his principle of uniformity, which he believed was based on current empirical findings, and rejected explanatory hypotheses that used the biblical Flood or other catastrophist accounts as violations of uniform causation and introductions of theological concepts into empirical science.
- Owen Anderson
- 2007
Jun 2, 2007 · I examine the development of Charles Lyell's principle of uniformity and its influence on the development of modern geology and biology and argue that distinguishing between philosophical starting points and empirical findings is essential for clarity in the discussion between science and religion. First, I explore Lyell's arguments against catastrophism and how these were both empirically and ...
Charles Lyell is celebrated as the scientist who formulated the uniformitarian synthesis, opposed deists and catastrophists and sought to establish geology as parallel to Newton’s celestial mechanics. Part of his theory became a fundamental component of Darwin’s theory of evolution and another part, under the form of a Uniformity Principle ...
The theoretical system Lyell presented in 1830 was composed of three requirements or principles: 1) the Uniformity Principle which states that past geological events must be explained by the same causes now in operation; 2) the Uniformity of Rate Principle which states that geological laws operate with the same force as at present; 3) the Steady-state Principle which states that the earth does ...
