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cataclysms proposed by
proponents of
catastrophism like
Cuvier and Buckland. One of the key
differences between catastrophism and
uniformitarianism is that uniformitarianism...
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William Whewell,
uniformitarianism was
originally proposed in
contrast to
catastrophism by
British naturalists in the late 18th century,
starting with the work...
- The
Shiva hypothesis, also
known as
coherent catastrophism, is the idea that
global natural catastrophes on Earth, such as
extinction events,
happen at...
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Accidentalism and
catastrophism were two
differing ideologies in
Spain in the inter-war period. They were
particularly noticeable among opponents of Spain's...
- "
Catastrophism and Evolution," The
American Naturalist, vol. 11, no. 8,
August 1877. "Address of
Clarence King on
Catastrophism" and "
Catastrophism in...
-
Velikovskyist C.
Leroy Ellenberger had
become a
vocal critic of
Velikovskian catastrophism. Some
Velikovskyist publications and
authors such as
David Talbott remain...
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catastrophes in geology, and in 1832
William Whewell dubbed this view
catastrophism,
while naming Lyell's
insistence on
explanations based on
current processes...
- D'Orbigny, a
disciple of
Georges Cuvier, was a
notable advocate of
catastrophism. He
recognized twenty-seven
catastrophes in the
fossil record. This...
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Neocatastrophism is the
hypothesis that life-exterminating
events such as gamma-ray
bursts have
acted as a
galactic regulation mechanism in the
Milky Way...
- ufology,
ancient astronaut theory,
Holocaust denialism,
Velikovskian catastrophism, and
climate change denialism are pseudosciences."
There are implications...
