Doing Justice to the Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8375475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan D Phillips (0000-0003-0283-6023, University of Kentucky, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 290-293 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09402006.x |
| OpenAlex | W2071538418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
First, let us dispense with the issue of whether Tobler’s First Law of Geography (TFL: Tobler 1970)—everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things— is indeed a law. While logicians and philosophers of science define ‘‘law’’ strictly and precisely, physical geographers—and, I daresay, most other practicing scientists—have a much looser, more flexible, and more catholic definition of what constitutes a law. In Quantitative Geography, for example, Cole and King (1968) give six definitions of ‘‘law’’ used in geography, several of which would apply to TFL. The more relevant question, at least to the geoscientist, is the extent to which TFL helps us understand landscapes, climates, ecosystems, soils, and the other spatial phenomena we deal with
Economic Justice · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Law · Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |