Explanation and Human Geography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8962651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael E Robinson (0000-0001-6485-7247, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-231 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/622112 |
| OpenAlex | W2322556842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Johnston's (1980, 1982) recent personal statements on explanation in human geography deserve applause for their clarity. They are refreshingly free of the more recondite philosophism that often prevails in discussions of this kind. Taken together with the response of Eyles and Lee (1982), however, there is a hint of bathos in the development of the debate and some evidence of shared misunderstandings, despite the very different positions which the two parties adopt. In this short paper I offer some comments on this situation, followed by an equally personal, though perhaps more prosaic, view of explanation as this affects the work of human geographers
Economic geography · Geography · Human geography · Sociology · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 1985 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |