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Darwin and the geological controversies over the steady-state worldview in the 1830s

机译:达尔文与1830年代稳态世界观的地质争议

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In the first part of this paper, I will show that although Darwin's geological works only covered the first years of his scientific career, these played a non-negligible role in the earth sciences of the mid-nineteenth century. His intellectual proximity with Charles Lyell often made him his disciple. This is indeed the case with respect to debates over 'gradual' soil movements and 'catastrophic' soil movements, and for 'steady-state' cycles as opposed to 'directionalistic' ones. This being said, it is also true that in South America Darwin saw geological processes which were incompatible with Lyell's explanations. It must therefore be recognized that Darwin held a middle-of-the-road position between uniformitarianism (Lyell) and catastrophism (Humbolt and von Buch), at least as far as some geological questions were concerned. In the second part of the paper, debates on geological issues during Darwin's active years will be put in the methodological context of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century.
机译:在本文的第一部分,我将证明,尽管达尔文的地质工作仅涵盖了他科学生涯的头几年,但这些工作在19世纪中叶的地球科学中发挥了不可忽视的作用。他与查尔斯·莱尔(Charles Lyell)的知识渊博经常使他成为他的门徒。关于“渐进式”土壤运动和“灾难性”土壤运动的辩论,以及针对“稳态”循环而非“方向性”循环的辩论,的确如此。话虽如此,在南美洲,达尔文的地质过程确实与莱尔的解释不符,这也是事实。因此,必须承认,至少就某些地质问题而言,达尔文在统一主义(莱尔)和灾难主义(洪博特和冯·布赫)之间处于中间位置。在本文的第二部分,有关达尔文活跃时期的地质问题的辩论将放在17世纪科学革命的方法论背景下。

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