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... Uniformitarianism and Time Perspectivism By substantive uniformitarianism I mean the belief that processes operated in the past which are similar to those visible at the present day , in other words that there are universal principles ...
... Uniformitarianism and Time Perspectivism By substantive uniformitarianism I mean the belief that processes operated in the past which are similar to those visible at the present day , in other words that there are universal principles ...
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... Uniformitarianism There are , it seems to me , four principal difficulties with substantive uniformitarianism . Firstly , it implies the superiority of studies of the present over studies of the archaeological past , while at the same ...
... Uniformitarianism There are , it seems to me , four principal difficulties with substantive uniformitarianism . Firstly , it implies the superiority of studies of the present over studies of the archaeological past , while at the same ...
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... uniformitarianism ? Or are the objections to time perspectivism even more insuperable ? Methodological Uniformitarianism In fact , I have left out one important element in the uniformitarian position . As geologists , who first launched ...
... uniformitarianism ? Or are the objections to time perspectivism even more insuperable ? Methodological Uniformitarianism In fact , I have left out one important element in the uniformitarian position . As geologists , who first launched ...
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