Rethinking the fabric of geology / edited by Victor R. Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Victor R.

Contributor:

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 502.

Special paper / Geological Society of America ; 502

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 185 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"The 50 years since the publication of 'Fabric of Geology, ' edited by C.C. Albritton Jr., have seen immense changes in both geology and philosophy of science. 'Rethinking the Fabric of Geology' explores a number of philosophical issues in geology, ranging from its nature as a historical science to implications for geological education"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Rethinking the fabric of geology: an introduction / Victor R. Baker

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS

Common cause explanation and the search for a smoking gun / Carol E. Cleland

Historical geology: methodology and metaphysics / Derek Turner

The thermodynamics time arrow and the logical function of the uniformity principle in geohistorical explanation / Gadi Kravitz

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING

Maps as pictures or diagrams: the early development of geological maps / David Oldroyd

Overcoming the momentum of anachronism: American geologic mapping in a twenty-first-century world / P. Kyle House, Ryan Clark, and Joe Kopera

MODELING AND GEOLOGY

Prediction in geology versus prediction in engineering / Peter K. Haff

Quantitative modeling of coastal processes: a boom or a bust for society? / Orrin Pilkey, Robert Young, and Andrew Cooper

CHANGE AND GEOLOGY

The geosciences, climate change, and the virtues of ignorance / Robert Frodeman

The evolving nature of collaboration in the geological sciences / Cathryn A. Manduca, Basil Tikoff, and Sara Hotchkiss

Geological controversies: a role for history and philosophy of science in earth science education / Jeff Dodick and Glen Dolphin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Baker, Victor R. Rethinking the fabric of geology.

OCLC:

859406677

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