Philosophy And Geography Ii
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Author |
: Andrew Light |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0847688100 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780847688104 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophy and Geography II by : Andrew Light
Philosophers and geographers have converged on the topic of public space, fascinated and in many ways alarmed by fundamental changes in the way post-industrial societies produce space for public use, and in the way citizens of these same societies perceive and constitute themselves as a public. This volume advances this inquiry, making extensive use of political and social theory, while drawing intimate connections between political principles, social processes, and the commonplaces of our everyday environments.
Author |
: Robert Inkpen |
Publisher |
: Psychology Press |
Total Pages |
: 184 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0415279534 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415279536 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science, Philosophy and Physical Geography by : Robert Inkpen
Robert Inkpen explores the relationship between philosophy, science & physical geography to address an imbalance that exists in opinion, teaching & to a lesser extent research, between a philosophically enriched human geography & a philosophically ignorant physical geography.
Author |
: Andrew Light |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0847690954 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780847690954 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophy and Geography III by : Andrew Light
Places are today subject to contrary tendencies. They lose some functions, which may scale up to fewer more centralized places, or down to numerous more dispersed places, and they gain other functions, which are scaling up and down from other places. This prompts premature prophecies of the abolition of space and the obsolescence of place. At the same time, a growing literature testifies to the persistence of place as an incorrigible aspect of human experience, identity, and morality. Place is a common ground for thought and action, a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. It draws us into the philosophy of the ordinary, into familiarity as a form of knowledge, into the wisdom of proximity. Each of these essays offers a philosophy of place, and reminds us that such philosophies ultimately decide how we make, use, and understand places, whether as accidents, instruments, or fields of care.
Author |
: S. Gale |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789400993945 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9400993943 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophy in Geography by : S. Gale
In any edited volume most credit is due to the individual authors. The present case is no exception and we as editors have done little apart from serving as coordinators for a group of friends and colleagues. For once, the responsi bilities are shared. We feel that the collection gives a fair representation of the activities at the frontier of human geography in North America. Whether these premonitions will be further substantiated is of course to be seen. In the meantime, we take refuge in Vico's saying that "doctrines must take their beginning from that of the matter of which they treat". And yet we also know that new treatments never lead to fmal ends, but rather to new doctrines and to new beginnings. It is also a pleasure to acknowledge those publishers and authors who have given permission to reprint copyrighted materials: Association of American Geographers for Leslie J. King's 'Alternatives to a Positive Economic Geography', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 66,1976; Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. for Yi-Fu Tuan's 'Space and Place: Human istic Perspective', in Christopher Board et al. (eds. ), Progress in Geography, Vol. 6, 1974; Economic Geography for David Harvey's 'Population, Resources, and the Ideology of Science' ,Economic Geography, Vol. SO, 1974; Institute of British Geographers for David Ley's 'Social Geography and the Taken-for-Granted World', Transactions of the Institute of British Geogra phers, Vol. 2, 1977; and North-Holland Publishing Company for Allen J.
Author |
: Pauline Couper |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 471 |
Release |
: 2014-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473911314 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473911311 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Student′s Introduction to Geographical Thought by : Pauline Couper
This ism-busting text is an enormously accessible account of the key philosophical and theoretical ideas that have informed geographical research. It makes abstract ideas explicit and clearly connects it with real practices of geographical research and knowledge. Written with flair and passion, A Student′s Introduction to Geographical Thought: Explains the key ideas: scientific realism, anti-realism and idealism / positivism / critical rationalism / Marxism and critical realism/ social constructionism and feminism / phenomenology and post-phenomenology / postmodernism and post-structuralism / complexity / moral philosophy. Uses examples that address both physical geography and human geography. Use a familiar and real-world example - ‘the beach’ - as an entry point to basic questions of philosophy, returning to this to illustrate and to explain the links between philosophy, theory, and methodology. All chapters end with summaries and sources of further reading, a glossary explaining key terms, exercises with commentaries, and web resources of key articles from the journals Progress in Human Geography and Progress in Physical Geography. A Student′s Introduction to Geographical Thought is a completely accessible student A-Z of theory and practice for both human and physical geography.
Author |
: Timothy Tambassi |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2021-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030771553 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030771555 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Philosophy of Geography by : Timothy Tambassi
The relationship between geography and philosophy is still largely in need of being explored. Geographers and philosophers share the responsibility for that. On the one hand, geographers have considered as a dangerous deviation any attempt to elaborate an image of the Earth which was not a mere replica of a cartographic representation. On the other hand, philosophers have generally been uninterested in a discipline offering little chance for critical reflection. In light of these considerations, the purpose of this book is to identify some fundamental philosophical issues involved in the reflection of geography by adopting a perspective which looks at the discipline with a specific focus on its fundamental concepts and distinctions.
Author |
: Francesca Bordogna |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 393 |
Release |
: 2008-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226066523 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226066525 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis William James at the Boundaries by : Francesca Bordogna
At Columbia University in 1906, William James gave a highly confrontational speech to the American Philosophical Association (APA). He ignored the technical philosophical questions the audience had gathered to discuss and instead addressed the topic of human energy. Tramping on the rules of academic decorum, James invoked the work of amateurs, read testimonials on the benefits of yoga and alcohol, and concluded by urging his listeners to take up this psychological and physiological problem. What was the goal of this unusual speech? Rather than an oddity, Francesca Bordogna asserts that the APA address was emblematic—it was just one of many gestures that James employed as he plowed through the barriers between academic, popular, and pseudoscience, as well as the newly emergent borders between the study of philosophy, psychology, and the “science of man.” Bordogna reveals that James’s trespassing of boundaries was an essential element of a broader intellectual and social project. By crisscrossing divides, she argues, James imagined a new social configuration of knowledge, a better society, and a new vision of the human self. As the academy moves toward an increasingly interdisciplinary future, William James at the Boundaries reintroduces readers to a seminal influence on the way knowledge is pursued.
Author |
: Andre Roy |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2014-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781444144666 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1444144669 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography by : Andre Roy
Over the past twenty years, geography as an academic discipline has become more and more reflective, asking the key questions 'What are we doing?' 'Why are we doing it?'. These questions have, so far, been more enthusiastically taken up by human geography rather than physical geography. Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography aims to redress the balance. Written and edited by a distinguished group of physical geographers, Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography comprises of a collection of international writer's thoughts which reveal personal motivations, and look at tensions in the worlds of meaning in which physical geography is involved. How are the meanings of the physical environment derived? Is the future of physical geography one where the only, or at least the dominant, meanings are framed in the contexts of environmental issues. Covering a diverse and lively selection of topics, the contributors of this book offer guides to the contemporary debates in the philosophy of physical geography, and introduce the reader to its wider cultural significance. This book is an essential companion to anyone studying, or with an interest in, physical geography.
Author |
: Josh Hayes |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2020-06-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000092417 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000092410 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophy in the American West by : Josh Hayes
Philosophy in the American West explores the physical, ecological, cultural, and narrative environments associated with the western United States, reflecting on the relationship between people and the places that sustain them. The American West has long been recognized as having significance. From Crèvecoeur’s early observations in Letters from an American Farmer (1782), to Thoreau’s reflections in Walden (1854), to twentieth-century thoughts on the legacy of a vanishing frontier, "the West" has played a pivotal role in the American narrative and in the American sense of self. But while the nature of "westernness" has been touched on by historians, sociologists, and, especially, novelists and poets, this collection represents the first attempt to think philosophically about the nature of "the West" and its influence on us. The contributors take up thinkers that have been associated with Continental Philosophy and pair them with writers, poets, and artists of "the West". And while this collection seeks to loosen the cords that tie philosophy to Europe, the traditions of "continental" philosophy—phenomenology, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and others—offer deep resources for thinking through the particularity of place. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Philosophy, as well as those working in Ecocriticism and the Environmental Humanities more broadly.
Author |
: Eric Weiner |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2014-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781448168484 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1448168481 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geography of Bliss by : Eric Weiner
What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot about who's happy and who isn't. The Dutch are, the Romanians aren't, and Americans are somewhere in between... After years of going to the world's least happy countries, Eric Weiner, a veteran foreign correspondent, decided to travel and evaluate each country's different sense of happiness and discover the nation that seemed happiest of all. ·He discovers the relationship between money and happiness in tiny and extremely wealthy Qatar (and it's not a good one) ·He goes to Thailand, and finds that not thinking is a contented way of life. ·He goes to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and discovers they have an official policy of Gross National Happiness! ·He asks himself why the British don't do happiness? In Weiner's quest to find the world's happiest places, he eats rotten Icelandic shark, meditates in Bangalore, visits strip clubs in Bangkok and drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik. Full of inspired moments, The Geography of Bliss accomplishes a feat few travel books dare and even fewer achieve: to make you happier.