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James Hutton and the History of Geology

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2019

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In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete account of Hutton's major geological writings than any that has hitherto appeared. He examines the growth and development of Hutton's thought in the light of his training and experience in medicine, agriculture, and philosophy, locating him within the intellectual milieux of Edinburgh at the height of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Dennis R. Dean is Professor of English and Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    List of Illustrations

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    Preface

    xi
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    1. The Man and His Theory

    1
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    2. “Theory of the Earth”: The Middle Phase

    30
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    3. Theory of the Earth, 1795

    58
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    4. Hall, Werner, and Jameson

    84
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    5. Playfair

    102
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    6. Huttonian Controversy

    126
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    7. Huttonians and Wernerians

    144
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    8. The Triumph of Facts

    163
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    9. Specific Problems

    183
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    10. Lyell

    202
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    11. Hutton and the Historians

    230
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    12. Toward Modernity

    248
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    Appendix 1. Hutton and Black

    271
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    Appendix 2. Hutton and Toulmin

    272
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    Appendix 3. Hutton and Geological Time

    275
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    Appendix 4. The Authorship of Hutton’s “Abstract”

    275
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    Bibliography

    277
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    Index

    297
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November 18, 2019
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9781501733994
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https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733994
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Keywords for this book
GENERAL SCIENCE; HISTORY
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For a non-specialist adult audience
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