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Examine critically the concepts of ‘determinism’ and ‘possibilism’. (15 Marks)
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- Perspectives in Human Geography
The intellectual foundation of human geography rests upon the conceptualization of the man-environment relationship. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this inquiry crystallized into two polarized philosophical paradigms: Environmental Determinism, which posits that physical nature acts as the supreme arbiter shaping human society, character, and history; and Possibilism, which asserts that nature merely…
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- Introduction: Epistemological Root and Thesis
- 1. Conceptual Framework and Scholarly Foundations
- 2. Environmental Determinism: Tenets and Thinkers
- A. Classical Roots to Darwinian Synthesis
- 3. Possibilism: Tenets and Thinkers
- A. The French Humanist Vanguard
- …and 7 more sections, with a conclusion
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