Uniformitarianism

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• Uniformitarianism in religious philosophy
  Religious philosophy
  
  Religious philosophy is philosophical thinking that is inspired and directed by religion, such as Buddhist philosophy, Christian philosophy, Hindu philosophy or Islamic philosophy....
   is the belief that the universe has existed unchanged for an immeasurable amount of time and will continue to exist forever.

• Uniformitarianism (science)
  Uniformitarianism (science)
  
  Uniformitarianism, in the philosophy of science, assumes that the natural processes that operated in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present....
   is the principle that the same scientific laws and processes are constant throughout space and time. It applies specifically to sciences that require a long timescale such as geology
  Geology
  
  Geology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitute the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structural geology, physical properties, dynamics, and History of the Earth of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed....
  , astronomy
  Astronomy
  
  Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
  , and paleontology
  Paleontology
  
  File:Geological time spiral - sharper.pngPaleontology from Greek: pa?a??? "old, ancient", ??, ??t- "being, creature", and ????? "speech, thought" is the study of prehistory life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments ....
  . It was first defined by Charles Lyell
  Charles Lyell
  
  Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Order of the Thistle, Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scotland lawyer, geologist, and protagonist of Uniformitarianism ....
   (1797 – 1875), who incorporated James Hutton
  James Hutton
  
  James Hutton Doctor of Medicine was a Scotland geologist, physician, Natural history, chemist and experimental Agriculture. He is considered the father of modern geology....
  's gradualism
  Gradualism
  
  Gradualism is the belief that changes occur, or ought to occur, slowly in the form of gradual steps ...
   into the idea of uniformitarianism.

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