10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROGRESSIONISM»
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progressionism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Rejection of Continental Drift : Theory and Method in ...
Progressionism and catastrophism were closely linked ideas: progressive
cooling implied that earlier geological events were necessarily more cataclysmic
than later ones — that geological processes were generally winding down. In the
early ...
San Diego Naomi Oreskes Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Program in Science Studies University of California, 1999
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Science and Religion in Neo-Victorian Novels: Eye of the ...
John Breyer andWilliam Butcherpoint out that Verne's noveladoptsthetheories of
both progressionism and directionalism(48). Progressionism means that
geological andfossil evidence illustrates a trajectory of increased biological
complexity ...
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Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology
Indeed, his early critique of evolutionism came through an attack on
progressionism. Against Vestiges, concerning "the lowest discovered remains [
the oldest fossils] of animals" Huxley wrote that they "are anything but the lowest
in the scale of ...
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Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record
FOSSILS. AND. EVOLUTION. Progressionism. and. evolution. Knowledge of the
fossil record in the 1820s and 1830s was patchy, and paleontologists debated
whether there was a progression from simple organisms in the most ancient
rocks ...
Michael J. Benton, David A. T. Harper, 2013
In Britain, progressionism became tightly intertwined with the directionalist view
of Earth history advocated by most leading geologists. The idea of progression in
the fossil record also supported the tradition of natural theology popularized by ...
A. Bowdoin Van Riper, 1993
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Long War Against God: The History & Impact of the ...
This system was therefore also called “progressionism.” When Lyell later began
to promote Hutton's uniformitarianism, the main object of his attack (other than the
Bible) was Cuvierian progressionism. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, even ...
Dr. Henry M. Morris, 2000
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Long War Against God: The History & Impact of the ...
This system was thereforealso called “progressionism.” When Lyell later began
topromote Hutton's uniformitarianism,the main objectofhis attack(other than the
Bible) was Cuvierian progressionism. In the18thand early 19th centuries, even
the ...
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Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and ...
Henry Morgan's sociology;58 John Lubbock's psychology;59 and Edward B.
Tylor's anthropology.60 Even Darwin himself was caught in the struggle between
progressionism and his own theory. This is especially evident in his book The ...
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Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?
Whatever the reasons, by the end of the 1970s Gould had become convinced
that biological progressionism—Darwinian progressionism, at least—is part and
parcel of the sociobiological program, and a major impediment to any kind of ...
Professor Michael Ruse, 2009
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Evolutionary Naturalism: Selected Essays
I am, incidentally, aware that if what I claim about the ancestry of punctuated
equilibria theory is well taken, then there is something a little odd about Gould's
present violent anti—progressionism. One could of course simply say (what ...
Michael Ruse, Professor of Philosophy and Zoology Michael Ruse, 1995
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROGRESSIONISM»
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progressionism is used in the context of the following news items.
A Bit More Collected Down the Pop Culture Rabbit Hole with “Death …
That there's been a kind of Progressionism at play. That the entire history of comics revolves around a number of crucial turning points: the ... «PopMatters, Jun 14»
Commentary: Just Forget About High-Profile (And Well-Known) Free …
The very core of our existence as experienced Bengals fans once laughed in the face of offseason progressionism. Maybe next year began ... «Cincy Jungle, Jan 13»
#13: If Only We Were Smarter!
Although progressionism suffered a serious blow with the inauguration of the Atomic Age, a renewed belief in the goodness and historical ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Dec 10»
