Contrast the philosophies of catastrophism and uniformitarianism ?

Question

Contrast the philosophies of catastrophism and uniformitarianism. How did the proponents of each perceive the age of Earth? How do the two types of “dating” prove one philosophy more accurate than the other?

Answer 1

Rather than write pages on the subject (which looks like someones HOMEWORK), I will refer you to a basic web resource that will adequately address your questions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformitar...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophi...

And there is nothing which prevents both processes from working at the same time.