The pragmatic roots of American Quaternary geology and geomorphology

Special Issue. Recent developments in Quaternary Geology: Implications for Geoscience Education and Research

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Description :
American Quaternary geology and geomorphology have their philosopical roots in the pragmatic tradition, enunciated most clearly by C.S. Peirce, now recognized as the greatest American philosopher. The elements of this tradition include a reverence for field work, a humility before the facts of nature, a continuing effort to discriminate the phenomena observed from the observer's inference in regard to them, a propensity to pose hypotheses, and a willingness to abandon them when their consequences are contradicted by reality. This paper concentrates on the methodological papers of Gilbert, Chamberlin, and Davis.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Annual Meeting, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of the Geological Society of America, Boston, Etats-Unis, 1993-10-27, Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1996, vol. 16, n°. 3, p. 197-215, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 94 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier