On rationality: Contemporary geography and the search for the foolproof method |
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Authors: | Michael Curry |
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Affiliation: | 2. Postdoctoral Fellow in the University Professors Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Recent works on geographic explanation rest on an almost unanimous belief in the existence of a universal, discoverable form of rationality. At the same time, works in other disciplines — notably anthropology and the philosophy and history of science — are more circumspect; they suggest that there may be several or even many types of rationality. Because the question of the nature of rationality has decided implications insofar as other issues — of relativism, for example — are concerned, it is worth considering in more detail. Analysis suggests that those who believe in a universal form of rationality more fundamentally are expressing a desire for the creation of a foolproof method in geography, one based in part on a deep-seated but unquestioned belief in progress. |
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