There’s actually a book with that title, “Philosophy of Geohistory: 1785-1970”, volume 13 of the Benchmark Papers in Geology series.
This thread, however, is about the philosophy of geohistory more broadly. By that I mean, how do people arrive at conclusions concerning how rocks were formed, how landforms were made (geomorphology), and similar matters.
Who has collected rocks, minerals and fossils, and studied topographic maps and geomorphology, and similar matters? Has anyone read about famous geologist’s such as Louis Agassiz or J. Harlen Bretz?
I read the “Philosophy of Geohistory”, although not recently, and wanted to see if others here have thought philosophically when they looked at rocks and landforms. Also, how have opinions changed over time.