In which Max considers the question on everyone’s minds: whether uniformitarianism was a contributing factor in Americans’ rejection of continental drift (ca. 1920)
Read MoreSecond Thoughts on Lyell
In which Max has second thoughts about some s*** he said about Charles Lyell
Read MoreProblematica: The Charles Lyell Collection
In which Max has assembled all his essays on Charles Lyell in one convenient place
Read MoreFrom the Archive: “Truth also has its Paleontology,” or When Pragmatism Met Uniformitarianism
In which we dip into the archive one more time. Our question: what does “paleontology” have to do with the pragmatist theory of truth?
Read MoreGoing global: geology between Lyell and Suess
Problematica #20! In which Max explores two titans of nineteenth century geology using fictional characters of their own creation, Lyell’s amphibious being and Suess’s extraterrestrial observer (Part 3 of 3)
Read MoreAlien versus Amphibian: War of the Worldviews?
In which Max explores two titans of nineteenth century geology using fictional characters of their own creation, Lyell’s amphibious being and Suess’s extraterrestrial observer (Part 1 of 3)
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