palaetiologypaletiologyn.

Brit.

/pəˌliːtɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/pəˌlidiˈɑlədʒi/

Forms: 1800s palaitiology, 1800s– palaetiology, 1900s– paletiology (now chiefly North American).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, aetiology n.

Etymology: < pal- (see palaeo- comb. form) + aetiology n., after palaeontology n. (compare quot. 1837 at main sense).

Now historical.

W. Whewell's name for: the application of existing principles of cause and effect to the explanation of past phenomena.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > branches of

palaetiology1837

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. Introd. 481 The sciences which treat of causes have sometimes been termed ætiological..; a portion of that science on which we are about to enter, geology, has..been termed palæontology, since it treats of beings which formerly existed. Hence, combining these two notions, the term palætiology appears to be not inappropriate, to describe those speculations which thus refer to actual past events, but attempt to explain them by laws of causation.

1875 B. F. Cocker Theistic Conception of World 103 Dynamical Geology, Astronomical Palætiology, Cosmogony, Molecular Physics, Abstract Dynamics, have all landed in the same inevitable conclusion that ‘the existing order of things had a beginning’.

1960 Gloss. Geol. (Amer. Geol. Inst.) (ed. 2) Suppl. 47/2 Palaetiology, study of the causes of past changes in the condition of the earth and their effects.

1991 S. Schaffer in M. Fischer & S. Schaffer W. Whewell viii. 217 What Whewell felt he could offer readers of Vestiges, and later of Darwin, was a general argument on palaetiology.

Derivatives

† palaetiologist n. Obsolete rare a person who uses such principles to explain the past.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > branches of > adherent of

palaetiologist1837

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. Introd. 487 The tendencies..which direct man to architecture and sculpture, to civil government, to rational and grammatical speech..must be in a great degree known to the palætiologist of art, of society, and of language, respectively.

1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. x. i. 97 Cuvier's assertion that the geologist is an antiquary of a new order, is perfectly correct, for both are palætiologists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaetiology
释义	palaetiologypaletiologyn. Brit. /pəˌliːtɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /pəˌlidiˈɑlədʒi/ Forms: 1800s palaitiology, 1800s– palaetiology, 1900s– paletiology (now chiefly North American). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, aetiology n. Etymology: < pal- (see palaeo- comb. form) + aetiology n., after palaeontology n. (compare quot. 1837 at main sense). Now historical. W. Whewell's name for: the application of existing principles of cause and effect to the explanation of past phenomena. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > branches of palaetiology1837 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. Introd. 481 The sciences which treat of causes have sometimes been termed ætiological..; a portion of that science on which we are about to enter, geology, has..been termed palæontology, since it treats of beings which formerly existed. Hence, combining these two notions, the term palætiology appears to be not inappropriate, to describe those speculations which thus refer to actual past events, but attempt to explain them by laws of causation. 1875 B. F. Cocker Theistic Conception of World 103 Dynamical Geology, Astronomical Palætiology, Cosmogony, Molecular Physics, Abstract Dynamics, have all landed in the same inevitable conclusion that ‘the existing order of things had a beginning’. 1960 Gloss. Geol. (Amer. Geol. Inst.) (ed. 2) Suppl. 47/2 Palaetiology, study of the causes of past changes in the condition of the earth and their effects. 1991 S. Schaffer in M. Fischer & S. Schaffer W. Whewell viii. 217 What Whewell felt he could offer readers of Vestiges, and later of Darwin, was a general argument on palaetiology. Derivatives † palaetiologist n. Obsolete rare a person who uses such principles to explain the past. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > branches of > adherent of palaetiologist1837 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. Introd. 487 The tendencies..which direct man to architecture and sculpture, to civil government, to rational and grammatical speech..must be in a great degree known to the palætiologist of art, of society, and of language, respectively. 1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. x. i. 97 Cuvier's assertion that the geologist is an antiquary of a new order, is perfectly correct, for both are palætiologists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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