Theory of earth science:
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| adam_text | THEORY OF
EARTH SCIENCE
WOLF VON ENGELHARDT
JORG ZIMMERMANN
translated by Lenore Fischer
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge
New York New Rochelle
Melbourne Sydney
CONTENTS
Preface ix
1 The structure of communications in Earth science 1
1 1 Introduction 1
1 2 The clarity of discourse 3
1 3 Participation in discourse 6
1 4 Communicative functions of geoscientific texts 7
141 Communication models 7
142 The referential function 9
143 The metalinguistic function 11
144 The intentional function 13
145 The appellative function 16
1 5 Types of geoscientific texts 17
1 6 Text and discourse 20
161 The structure of argumentation in geoscientific texts 20
162 The collective evaluation of papers in scientific 29
discourse
2 The language of geoscience 33
2 1 Introduction 33
2 2 The semantic structure of scientific propositions:
identification and predication 36
2 3 Semantic analysis of geoscientific terms 42
231 Colloquial word fields Scientific conceptual fields 42
232 Synonymy, homonymy, and polysemy 44
233 Types of definitions and classification of terms 46
2 4 Non-verbal sign systems in Earth science 51
241 Semiotic basics 51
242 Photographs 54
243 Drawings 56
244 Graphic representations 57
245 The frequency of usage of non-verbal codes in scientific
papers 70
3 The foundations of geoscientific research 72
3 1 Levels of knowledge (empirical and theoretical) 72
3 2 Paths towards scientific explanation 77
321 Description and explanation 77
322 Forms of scientific inferences: induction, abduction,
and deduction 80
3 3 Categorical schemes 83
331 Things 83
332 Configurations 85
333 Substances 86
334 Categorical concepts of space 86
335 Categorical concepts of time 87
336 Ordering into complexes 94
4 Problems at the empirical basis 97
4 1 Introduction 97
4 2 Examples of descriptive terminologies 101
421 Terminology, nomenclature, and systems of minerals 101
422 Terminology, nomenclature, and systems of rocks 108
423 Terminology, nomenclature, and taxonomy in
palaeontology 118
424 On the terminology of geomorphology 121
4 3 Observation 126
431 Phenomenological observation •• 126
432 Experimental observation 128
4 4 Geological maps as components of the empirical basis 131
5 Problems of inductive organisation of empirical data 139
5 1 Systematising and generalising 140
5 2 The concept of probability 157
6 Problems of theoretical knowledge 162
LAWS 162
6 1 Criteria of lawlikeness and the problem of counterfactual
conditions 162
6 2 Classification of laws 167
621 Laws of determinate properties 168
622 Laws of processes 171
Contents vii
623 Laws of states 195
624 On the problem of probabilistic lawlike statements 200
ABDUCTION AND DEDUCTION 200
6 3 Systematic foundations 201
6 4 Abductive inference in Earth science 207
641 Introduction 207
642 Retrodiction 212
643 Abductive codiction 218
6 5 Deductive inference in Earth science 221
651 Introduction 221
652 Deductive codiction 222
653 Prediction based on retrodictively inferred past states
of affairs 224
654 Prognoses 225
6 6 Scientific inference as an interplay of abduction, deduction,
and induction 230
HYPOTHESESANDTHEORIES 233
6 7 Structure, construction, and function of hypotheses and
theories 233
671 Definitions 233
672 Examples of geoscientific theories 236
673 The real world and the explanatory model 249
674 Internal consistency of theories 252
675 External consistency of theories 255
676 Empirical and theoretical hypotheses as building blocks
of theories 257
677 Phenomenological and mechanistic models as building
blocks of theories 260
678 The conception and development of theories 262
679 The function of theories 265
6 8 Testing hypotheses and theories 266
681 Introduction 266
682 Empirical tests of hypotheses 267
683 Testing theories 274
7 The growth of geoscientific knowledge 290
7 1 The internal and external history of science 290
7 2 The proliferation of empirical knowledge 292
7 3 Models of growth in theoretical knowledge 297
731 Inductivism 297
732 Conventionalism 298
viii Contents
8 Regulative principles of geoscientific research 314
8 1 Introduction 314
8 2 Uniformitarianism and actualism 315
8 3 Catastrophism 320
8 4 The principle of evolutionism 322
8 5 The dialectics of regulative principles and Earth science as
a whole 325
Notes 331
Bibliography 354
Index 365
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