Normal view MARC view ISBD view

The future of post-human geology: A preface to a new theory of statics and dynamics (Record no. 1020)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field	04840 a2200217 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field	20250417153335.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field	240501b2012\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| \|\|\|\| 00\| 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	9788130919966
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title	English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	540.1 B36
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name	Baofu, Peter
Relator term	Author
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	The future of post-human geology: A preface to a new theory of statics and dynamics
Remainder of title
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher	Cambridge International Science Publishing,
Year of publication	2012.
Place of publication	New Delhi:
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	xxi, 456p.; 21cms.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	Is the history of geology really so metaphorical in its foundation, according to some critics like Stephen Jay Gould, that "what underlies the discovery of deep time is by no means fieldwork, as the myths of geology textbooks would have us believe"? (F. Sulloway 1987)<br/><br/>This revisionist account by the critics like Gould can be contrasted by an opposing view in the older days, when Charles Lyell, for example, "portrayed the previous history of his discipline as a gradual overcoming of primitive superstitions, wild speculations, and biblical allegiances. In doing so he created his own legend..., as an archempiricist free of all bias and preconception." (F. Sulloway 1987)<br/><br/>Contrary to these two opposing views (and others as discussed in the book), the history of geology is neither so metaphorical nor so empirical to the extent that the respective defenders would like us to believe. But this rejection of the two views in contention does not logically follow that geology is therefore not worth studying, or that it is useless. Neither to say, neither of these two extreme views is reasonable either.<br/><br/>Instead, this book offers an alternative (better) way to understand the future of geology, especially in the context of statics and dynamics — while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favoring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other). Thus, this book offers a new theory to go beyond the existing approaches in the literature on geology in an original way.<br/><br/>If successful, this seminal project is to fundamentally change the way that we think about geology, from the combined perspectives of the mind, nature, society, and culture, with enormous implications for the human future and what I originally called its "post-human" fate.<br/><br/>In this book:<br/><br/>Introduction-The Use of Geology<br/>Statics and Its Contingency<br/>Dynamics and Its Restriction<br/>Conclusion- The Future of Geology<br/>Contents:<br/><br/>List of Tables:<br/><br/>• Acknowledgments <br/>• List of Abbreviations<br/><br/>Part One: Introduction <br/>• Chapter One: Introduction—The Use of Geology <br/>• Two Views in Contention <br/>• Geology and Geosciences <br/>• Statics and Dynamics in Geology <br/>• The Wide Variety of Geological Methods <br/>• The Theoretical Debate <br/>• The Resettlement Theory of Geology <br/>• Theory and Meta-Theory <br/>• The Logic of Existential Dialectics <br/>• Sophisticated Methodological Holism <br/>• Chapter Outline <br/>• Some Clarifications<br/><br/> Part Two: Statics <br/>• Chapter Two: Statics and Its Contingency <br/>• The Durability of Statics <br/>• Statics and the Mind <br/>• Statics and Nature <br/>• Statics and Society <br/>• Statics and Culture <br/>• The Changeability of Statics <br/>• The Future of Post-Human Geology<br/><br/> Part Three: Dynamics <br/> Chapter Three: Dynamics and Its Restriction <br/>• The Strength of Dynamics <br/>• Dynamics and the Mind <br/>• Dynamics and Nature <br/>• Dynamics and Society <br/>• Dynamics and Culture <br/>• The Weakness of Dynamics<br/><br/>Part Four: Conclusion <br/><br/>• Chapter Four: Conclusion—The Future of Geology <br/>• Beyond Uniformity, Catastrophe, and Revision ?<br/>• 1st Thesis: The Absoluteness-Relativeness Principle <br/>• 2nd Thesis: The Predictability-Unpredictability Principle <br/>• 3rd Thesis: The Explicability-Inexplicability Principle <br/>• 4th Thesis: The Preciseness-Vagueness Principle <br/>• 5th Thesis: The Simpleness-Complicatedness Principle <br/>• 6th Thesis: The Openness-Hiddenness Principle <br/>• 7th Thesis: The Denseness-Emptiness Principle <br/>• 8th Thesis: The Slowness-Quickness Principle <br/>• 9th Thesis: The Expansion-Contraction Principle <br/>• 10th Thesis: The Theory-Praxis Principle <br/>• 11th Thesis: The Convention-Novelty Principle <br/>• 12th Thesis: The Evolution-Transformation Principle <br/>• 13th Thesis: The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle <br/>• 14th Thesis: The Regression-Progression Principle <br/>• 15th Thesis: The Sameness-Difference Principle <br/>• 16th Thesis: The Post-Human Resettlement <br/>• Beyond Earth Geology<br/><br/>• Bibliography <br/>• Index
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Social science and related fields
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Natural science and related fields
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Formal science and related fields
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	The humanities and related fields
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	Books

Holdings
Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Permanent Location	Current Location	Shelving location	Full call number	Accession Number	Copy number	Koha item type
				Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Library	Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Library	General Stacks	540.1 B36:1	3278	2	Books
				Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Library	Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Library	General Stacks	540.1 B36	3277	1	Books