Macrogeography and the realms of influence in Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David S Neft (American Geographical Society, New York City, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 254-273 |
| Publication date | 1961-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200276100500303 |
| OpenAlex | W2094508000 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Many of the recent research efforts in the social sciences have been distinguished by a desire of the investigator to learn all the detailed, microscopic facts pertaining to his subject before commencing the analysis. Unfortunately, this is often an impossible goal. In the pursuit of this objective, moreover, many people fail to recognize the importance and usefulness of macroscopic analysis-investigating the effects of the combined microscopic units. Many of the great discoveries of science would not have been possible if all thinking had been dominated by microscopic investigations. an example, the gas laws developed by Boyle involve relations among temperature, pressure, volume, and the gas content which are characteristics of a gas resulting from the combined effect of the molecules. The interrelations of the macroscopic phenomena in the continuum are predictable, even though the behavior of no individual molecule is, save for certain probability statements. In fact, Boyle's great contribution was made in the absence of knowledge of the actual composition of the samples of gases which he studied. A detailed encyclopedic investigation and description of separate molecules never would have revealed the macroscopic relations. ... Physics early adopted the macroscopic point of view. In the physical world the common level of experience of the early investigators with phenomena was the macroscopic; the investigator, however detached, is one of the 'molecules' and is involved in day to day and place to place relations with other 'molecules.' It is the contention in this macroscopic approach that the forging of a theory of human society can be greatly aided by finding regularities in the aggregate (15). Dr. William Warntz, using the macroscopic approach and the basic dimensions of society (distance, time, and number of people), has organized a research program at the American Geographical Society in New York in Macrogeography. As part of this project there have been many statistical testings of working hypotheses which have proved to be significant not only in their own right at the empirical-inductive level, but have also occasioned the adoption of a generalized deductive approach. The specific objective of this research is a macrogeography that considers its phenomena as integrated and coordinated by spatial relations of interconnectedness with a functional
Epistemology · Sociology · Subject (documents · Census and Population Estimation · Computer Science · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |