Margarita Bowen

Empiricism and Geographical Thought

From Francis Bacon to Alexander Von Humbolt

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The age of Francis Bacon marked the beginning of a long period when empirical science was seen as the key to progress in extending man's control over nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 597g
• ISBN-13: 9780521105590
• ISBN-10: 0521105595
• Artikelnr.: 25906858

Inhaltsangabe

1. Foundations of modern empiricism
2. Science and geography: the seventeenth-century encounter
3. Geography in decline: the age of Newton
4. Eighteenth-century empiricism: Locke, Berkley and Hume
5. On the margins of science: eighteenth-century geography texts
6. Science and philosophy: enlightenment conflicts in Europe
7. Geography revived: the age of Humboldt
8. Epilogue: the way ahead.