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The Argument from Design with special reference to Paley and Darwin and its significance for contemporary Christian apologetic
… discussed in relation to the advent of Lyell's uniformitarianism and the Vestiges of Creation.The special bearing that Darwin's theory of organic evolution had upon the Argument from Design is considered at length. In particular the affinities, both psychological and philosophical, which are …
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Changes in Geomorphic Equilibrium on Furnace Run, Summit County, Ohio
… and therefore the concept of catastrophic uniformitarianism applies well to the Lower Furnace Run system. Over the thirty-one year period of study, Lower Furnace Run contributed 2,780 m<sup>3</sup> of sediment to the Cuyahoga River annually. If the entirety of eroded sediment reached the …
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Pueblos, Planets, and Permian Puzzles: The Perils and Promise of Analogical Evidence in the Historical Sciences
How do scientists investigate the deep past when material traces are fragmentary and direct experimentation is impossible? This thesis explores the epistemic role of analogical reasoning in historical science, arguing that analogy is not merely interpretive but can function as a method of …