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O padrão pelo qual se avalia o processo de raciocínio da geologia entende que lhe falta uma metodologia própria e distintiva. Pelo contrário, a geologia é descrita como ciência derivada, baseada em técnicas lógicas, tal como exemplificado pela física. Defendo que esta avaliação é insuficiente e distorce nossa compreensão tanto da geologia como do processo científico em geral. Longe de simplesmente assumir e aplicar as técnicas lógicas da física, o raciocínio geológico desenvolveu seu próprio conjunto distinto de procedimentos lógicos. Eu começo com uma revisão da filosofia da ciência contemporânea no que se refere à geologia. Passo, então, a discutir as duas características distintivas do raciocínio geológico, que são sua natureza: (1) de ciência interpretativa e (2) de ciência histórica. Concluo que o raciocínio geológico nos oferece o melhor modelo do tipo de raciocínio necessário para enfrentar os tipos de problemas que deverão emergir no século 21Referências
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