The Distinction Between Truth & Fault In Geology

Heidegger said, "The understanding to the existence is the Provisions of dasein's existence in itself." The existence is not realistic "real" but the never-ending thought to exist. Man is "dasein". What people understand in the geological object constitutes the existence of truth of geology. The distinction between truth and fault is the cornerstone of the first step to understand the existence of geology. First of all, what is the problem of the truth and fault in geology? Taking a panoramic view of geology history, more or less it has go through the three stages—the simple, the classic and the modern geology. The problems reflect the plight—in terms of the internal disciplines of geology, they are the difficulties of geological development. But in the external of the object, they are the difficulties of geological evaluation. To clarify the truth or fault from geology is the basis of geology, and geological evaluation and geological development constitute the problems of geology. Second, after answering what the problem is the article continues to study the the process of truth and fault. The nature of exploration led to the fact that it is only seeking truth from the fault; The nature of the hypothesis led to the theory that it is only closing to the truth and staying away from fault; The nature of thinking led to the method that it is not only towards the truth but also fault. Finally, how does it solve the problem? The article has always been hold the dialectical relationship between the truth and fault. In fact, the dispute runs through the whole development of geology. The truth of plutonism has refuted the fault of neptunism. The truth of uniformitarianism has refuted the fault of catastrophism. The truth of inflation hypothesis has refuted the fault of contraction hypothesis. The truth of mobilism has refuted the fault of fixism. Is it the irrefutable truth? Science, especially geology, has chance to develop and evolve in the refutability. The development of the geology can be seen as the exploration the truth of the geological fact, acquirement the truth of the geological theory, and the establishment the truth of the geological thinking. However, the problem of the geology is not resolved by itself, and it need to use the philosophy of science. Analysis between the truth and fault of the geology has great theoretical and practical significance in nurturing a scientific belief, the spirit of science and the quality of science.