What kind of theory for what kind of human geography?
| Autor: | Henry Wai-chung Yeung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Process (engineering)
05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Epistemology Critical realism (philosophy of perception) Human geography Relevance (information retrieval) Sociology 050703 geography Mechanism (sociology) |
| Zdroj: | Dialogues in Human Geography. 9:283-292 |
| ISSN: | 2043-8214 2043-8206 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2043820619875361 |
| Popis: | While upholding the analytical relevance of a better distinction of mechanism from process in the geographical analysis of uneven development, the five commentators of my forum paper have raised some critical epistemological issues that provoke three points of clarification in this response. First, I argue for an epistemological position that views theory not only as abstract devices but more importantly as explanation of social–spatial change. I elaborate further on the importance of causal mechanism in such an explanatory kind of theory. Second, I discuss the relevance and usefulness of mid-range theories in geographical research. Finally, this response ends with a return to the bigger picture of the kind of human geography that might benefit from mechanism-based theorizing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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