Philosophy in Geography
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THEORY AND DECISION LIBRARY AN INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Editors: G ERA L DEB E R LEI N ,
University of Technology, Munich
WERNER LEINFELLN ER,
K. B 0
University of Nebraska
Editorial Advisory Board: R C H , Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration M. BUN G E , McGill University J. S. COL E MAN, University of Chicago W. K ROE B E R - R I E L, University of Saarland A. RAP 0 P 0 R T , University of Toronto F . S CHI C K ,Rutgers University A. SEN, University of London W. STEGMULLER, University of Munich K. S Z AN I A W SKI, University of Warsaw L. TON D L , Prague
VOLUME 20
PHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHY Edited by
STEPHEN GALE University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
and
GUNNAR OLSSON Nordic !m;titute for Studies in Urban and Regional PlIlnning, Stockholm, Sweden
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT: HOLLAND I BOSTON: U.S.A. LONDON:ENGLAND
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Philosophy in geography. (Theory and decision library) Includes bibliographies and index. l. Gale, Stephen. 1. Geography-Philosophy. II. Olsson, Gunnar. G70.P46 910'.01 78-21037 ISBN-13:978-94-009-9396-9 e-ISBN-13:978-94--Q09-9394-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-9394-5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Introduction
ix
J. M. BLAUT/Some Principles of Ethnogeography
1
ANNE BUTTIMER/Erewhon or Nowhere Land
9
MICHAEL F. DACEY / A Framework for Examination of Theoretic Viewpoints in Geography
39
MICHAEL DEAR/Thirteen Axioms of a Geography of the Public Sector
53
STEPHEN GALE and MICHAEL ATKINSON/On the Set Theoretic Foundations of the Regionalization Problem
65
REGINALD G. GOLLEDGE/Reality, Process, and the Dialectical Relation Between Man and Environment 109 PETER GOULD/Signals in the Noise
121
DAVID HARVEY/Population, Resources, and the Ideology of Science 155 LESLIE J. KING/ Alternatives to a Positive Economic Geography
187
DAVID LEY /Social Geography and the Taken-For-Granted World
215
BERNARD MARCHAND/Dialectics and Geography
237
ERIC G. MOORE/Beyond the Census: Data Needs and Urban Policy ~~.
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GUNNAR OLSSON/Social Science and Human Action or on Hitting Your Head Against the Ceiling of Language 287 JOHN S. PIPKIN /Problems in the Psychological Modelling of Revealed Destina
