Cranks, conventionalists and geomorphology

Autor: Richard John Huggett
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Area. 34:182-189
ISSN: 1475-4762
0004-0894
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4762.00070
Popis: Hypotheses in geomorphology may be conventional or unconventional. It is argued that outrageous hypotheses produced by conventional thinkers with a streak of unconventionality occasionally shift paradigms and are invaluable alternatives to conventional hypotheses, which tend merely to shore up seemingly safe and secure ruling paradigms.
Databáze: OpenAIRE