2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 11 Sunday, 22 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 204 B

T63. From the Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment: Emergence of Modern Geology and Evolutionary Thought from the 16th–18th Century I

Gary D. Rosenberg, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
11-18:10 AM LEONARDO'S MIRROR: REFLECTIONS ON THE EMERGENCE OF GEOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT DURING THE RENAISSANCE , THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT: ROSENBERG, Gary D., Department of Earth Sciences, IUPUI, 723 W. Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, grosenbe@iupui.edu
11-28:25 AM VIEWING THE HISTORY OF GEOLOGIC THOUGHT THROUGH THE LENS OF SEMIOTICS: PARCELL, William C., Department of Geology, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Ave., Box 27, Wichita, KS 67260-0027, william.parcell@wichita.edu
11-38:45 AM PRINCIPLES OF THEORY CHOICE IN THE HISTORICAL SCIENCES: GEOLOGY AS A PHILOSOPHICAL CASE STUDY: VANDERBURGH, William L., Philosophy, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Street--Campus Box 74, Wichita, KS 67260-0074, william.vanderburgh@wichita.edu
11-49:00 AM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND GEOLOGY: DEAN, Dennis R., 834 Washington St, Apt. 3W, Evanston, IL 60202
11-59:20 AM A YANKEE SAUNTERER: GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON THE LIFE OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU: INNERS, Jon D., 1915 Columbia Ave, Camp Hill, PA 17011-5421, jdinners@hotmail.com
11-69:35 AM HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS: CALDWELL, Marvin J., 26 Court St, Groton, MA 01450, mjcaldwell@verizon.net
11-79:50 AM THOREAU ON MONADNOCK: LONG ON BOTANY AND PHILOSOPHY, SHORT ON GEOLOGY: THOMPSON, Peter J., Earth Sciences Dept, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, pjt3@cisunix.unh.edu
 10:10 AM Break
11-810:20 AM THOREAU'S OBSERVATIONS ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH MAINE WOODS: CALDWELL, D.W., Department of Earth Science, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, dwcaldwell@verizon.net
11-910:35 AM GEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, WHAT'S IN A PLACE NAME?: WEDDLE, Thomas K., Maine Geol Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022, thomas.k.weddle@maine.gov
11-1010:50 AM HENRY DAVID THOREAU AND HIS MENTORS ON THE “DILUVIAL” LANDSCAPE OF NEW ENGLAND: FLEEGER, Gary M., Pennsylvania Geol Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057-3534, gfleeger@state.pa.us and INNERS, Jon D., 1915 Columbia Avenue, Camp Hill, PA 17011
11-1111:05 AM JOHN WHITEHURST'S CONTRIBUTION TO 18TH CENTURY STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY: BERRY, William B.N., Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, 307 McCone MC 4767, Berkeley, CA 94720, bberry@uclink.berkeley.edu
11-1211:20 AM THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AND THE ENGLISH REVOLT AGAINST THEORY, 1802-1822: HERINGMAN, Noah, Department of English, University of Missouri-Columbia, 107 Tate Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, HeringmanN@missouri.edu
11-1311:40 AM NATURAL THEOLOGY, DESIGN AND LAW: GHISELIN, Michael T., Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, mghiselin@calacademy.org

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