The future of post-human geology : a preface to a new theory of statics and dynamics / Peter Baofu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baofu, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statics.

Dynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge International Science Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an alternative (better) way to understand the future of geology, especially in the context of statics and dynamics-while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favoring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other).

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Part One: Introduction

Part Two: Statics

Part Three: Dynamics

Part Four: Conclusion

TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

PART ONE Introduction

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION - THE USE OF GEOLOGY

Two Views in Contention

Geology and Geosciences

Statics and Dynamics in Geology

Statics

Dynamics

The Wide Variety of Geological Methods

Field Methods

Laboratory Methods

The Theoretical Debate

The Catastrophe Argument

The Uniformity Argument

The Revision Argument

The Resettlement Argument

The Resettlement Theory of Geology

Theory and Meta-Theory

A Unified Theory of Everything

The Logic of Existential Dialectics

The Conception of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontics)

The Syntax of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontomethodologyand Ontologic)

The Semantics of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontosemantics)

The Pragmatics of Existential Dialectics (or ItsOntopragmatics)

Sophisticated Methodological Holism

Chapter Outline

Some Clarifications

In Conversation with My Previous Books

Case Studies and Examples

Detailed Analysis versus Overall Synthesis

Two Distinctive Features of Using Quotations

The Use of Neologisms

PART TWO Statics

CHAPTER 2. STATICS AND ITS CONTINGENCY

The Durability of Statics

Statics and the Mind

Gestalt Psychology, and the Perception of Geological Structures

Cemetery Rocks, and the Geology of Fear

Statics and Nature

The Debate on Tectonic Plates

The Contention on Rock Classification

Statics and Society

Economic Geology, and the Social Use of Resources

Hydrogeology, and the Technological Limits in Society

Statics and Culture

Fieldwork, and the Methodological Culture in Geology

Geology, Paleontology, and the Classificatory Tradition

The Changeability of Statics.

PART THREE Dynamics

CHAPTER 3. DYNAMICS AND ITS RESTRICTION

The Strength of Dynamics

Dynamics and the Mind

Geology, and the Controversy about Feminine Intuition

Geology, and the Rediscovery of the Mind

Dynamics and Nature

Volcanic Ejection, and Its Impact

Earthquake, and Its Power

Dynamics and Society

Technology, and the Debate on Relative vs. Absolute Dating

Engineering Geology, and the Protection of Life and Property

Dynamics and Culture

Historical Geology, and the Nature of Cultural Contingency

Geological Time, and the Use/Misuse of Metaphors

The Weakness of Dynamics

PART FOUR Conclusion

CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSION - THE FUTURE OF GEOLOGY

Beyond Uniformity, Catastrophe, and Reivison

1st Thesis: The Absoluteness-Relativeness Principle

2nd Thesis: The Predictability-Unpredictability Principle

3rd Thesis: The Explicability-Inexplicability Principle

4th Thesis: The Preciseness-Vagueness Principle

5th Thesis: The Simpleness-Complicatedness Principle

6th Thesis: The Openness-Hiddenness Principle

7th Thesis: The Denseness-Emptiness Principle

8th Thesis: The Slowness-Quickness Principle

9th Thesis: The Expansion-Contraction Principle

10th Thesis: The Theory-Praxis Principle

11th Thesis: The Convention-5ovelty Principle

12th Thesis: The Evolution-Transformation Principle

13th Thesis: The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle

14th Thesis: The Regression-Progression Principle

15th Thesis: The Same-Difference Principle

16th Thesis: The Post-Human Resettlement

Beyond Earth Geology

Three Great Future Transformations of Geology

Enormous Implications

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-01221-9

9786613012210

1-907343-17-2

OCLC:

713667548