Session: High Country of the Geological Mind: Philosophy of Geohistory (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T95. High Country of the Geological Mind: Philosophy of Geohistory

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division

Victor R. Baker and Gary Rosenberg, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:15 AM

MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY AND THE RENAISSANCE CONCEPT OF LANDSCAPE

ROSENBERG, Gary D., Earth Sciences Department, Indiana University-Purdue University, 723 W. Michigan St., SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, grosenbe@iupui.edu, grosenbe@iupui.edu

8:30 AM

EVOLUTION OF CREATION: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S RECOGNITION OF A CHANGING EARTH THROUGH TIME

PARCELL, William C., Department of Geology, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Street, Campus Box 27, Wichita, KS 67260, william.parcell@wichita.edu, william.parcell@wichita.edu

8:45 AM

LOGIC FOUNDATION OF NATURAL HISTORY: FROM STENO TO EMPIRIC GEOLOGISTS SUCH AS LYELL, DARWIN AND WEGENER AND PRAGMATIC PHILOSOPHERS SUCH AS KANT, PEIRCE AND POPPER

HANSEN, Jens Morten, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Management, Oster Voldgade 10, 1350 K, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, 1350 K, Denmark, jmh@geus.dk, jmh@geus.dk

9:00 AM

IMPEDIMENTS TO GEOHISTORICAL THINKING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

TAYLOR, Kenneth L., History of Science, University of Oklahoma, 601 Elm Street, Room 625, Norman, OK 73019, ktaylor@ou.edu, ktaylor@ou.edu

9:15 AM

GEOLOGY FOR THE COMMON GOOD: HENRY DE LA BECHE AND GEOLOGICAL LITERACY

CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and WANDERSEE, James H., Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, 223 F Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu

9:30 AM

TWO WAYS OF THINKING IN TECTONICS: GEO-JURISTS AND GEO-ARTISTS

?ENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, ?TÜ Maden Fakültesi, Jeoloji Bölümü, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr, sengor@itu.edu.tr

9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

PHILOSOPHERS AND GEOLOGY

BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, baker@email.arizona.edu, baker@email.arizona.edu

10:15 AM

HISTORICAL SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

CLELAND, Carol E., Department of Philosophy, Center for Astrobiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, Carol.Cleland@colorado.edu, Carol.Cleland@colorado.edu

10:30 AM

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IN THE SCIENCES

ONAN, Senem, Felsefe Bölümü, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Felsefe Bölümü, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Bebek, Istanbul, 34342, Turkey and ?ENGÖR, A.M. Celãl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, İTÜ Maden Fakültesi, Jeoloji Bölümü, Ayazağa, İstanbul, 34469, Turkey, senemonan@gmail.com, senemonan@gmail.com

10:45 AM

MODELING GEOLOGY

NEWCOMB, Sally, 13120 Two Farm Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904, senewcomb@earthlink.net, senewcomb@earthlink.net

11:00 AM

THE SYNCHRONOUS DISCOVERY OF DEEP TIME AND DEEP SPACE, AND THE RESULTING SHIFT IN FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN GEOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY

ROWLAND, Stephen M., Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, steve.rowland@unlv.edu, steve.rowland@unlv.edu

11:15 AM

CONTINGENCY AND CONTINUITY IN EARTH HISTORY AND BIG HISTORY

ALVAREZ, Walter, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, platetec@berkeley.edu, platetec@berkeley.edu

11:30 AM

Discussion

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