Catastrophism

I have said that the three schools of geological speculation which I have termed Catastrophism, Uniformitarianism, and Evolutionism are commonly supposed to be antagonistic to one another; and I presume it will have become obvious that, in my belief, the last is destined to swallow up the other two.

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Thus, when a very unobtrusive Oxford man named John Boulnois wrote in a very unreadable review called the Natural Philosophy Quarterly a series of articles on alleged weak points in Darwinian evolution, it fluttered no corner of the English papers; though Boulnois's theory (which was that of a comparatively stationary universe visited occasionally by convulsions of change) had some rather faddy fashionableness at Oxford, and got so far as to be named "Catastrophism".

The Wisdom of Father Brown 1905

"Catastrophism," the study of calamitous episodes in Earth's geological history, has long postulated a cosmic collision that resulted in sudden extinctions.

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"Catastrophism," the study of calamitous episodes in Earth's geological history, has long postulated a cosmic collision that resulted in sudden extinctions.

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Catastrophism vs Uniformitarianism led to doubts about the literal accuracy of the Bible and the age of the Earth.

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But though Kidd knew a great deal about Sir Claude — a great deal more, in fact, than there was to know — it would never have crossed his wildest dreams to connect so showy an aristocrat with the newly-unearthed founder of Catastrophism, or to guess that Sir

The Complete Father Brown 2003

That very evening, marked by Mr Kidd for the exposition of Catastrophism, had been marked by Sir Claude Champion for an open-air rendering of Romeo and Juliet, in which he was to play

The Complete Father Brown 2003

He only felt that the atmosphere was growing more intense, there was in the sadness more violence and secrecy — more — he hesitated for the word, and then said it with a jerk of laughter — Catastrophism.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

“Are you interested in Catastrophism?” asked the wondering Yankee.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

He only felt that the atmosphere was growing more intense, there was in the sadness more violence and secrecy — more — he hesitated for the word, and then said it with a jerk of laughter — Catastrophism.

The Complete Father Brown 2003