附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : structure of the book -- Ideas, change, and stability in physical geography -- The nature of reality -- Entities and classification -- Forms of explanation -- Probing reality -- Systems : the framework for physical geography? -- Change and complexity -- Physical geography and societies.
摘要:This accessible and engaging text explores the relationship between philosophy, science and physical geography. It addresses an imbalance that exists in opinion, teaching and to a lesser extent research, between a philosophically enriched human geography and a philosophically ignorant physical geography. Science, Philosophy and Physical Geography challenges the myth that there is a single self-evident scientific method that can and is applied by physical geographers. The book explores the various philosophies that have been developed to study and explain the key questions that are asked by phy.
