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Is there progress in human geography? The problem of progress in the light of recent work in the philosophy and sociology of science.
- Source :
- Progress in Human Geography; Mar1999, Vol. 23 Issue 1
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Focuses on the meaning of progress in geography and the social sciences in the light of the debates in the philosophy and sociology of science. Notion of progress from a realistic-constructivist perspective; Concept of the term derived from different philosophies of science; Relationships between disciplinary progress and social and institutional contexts.
- Subjects :
- PROGRESS
GEOGRAPHY
SOCIAL sciences
SCIENCE & society
PHILOSOPHY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03091325
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Progress in Human Geography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4092124
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1191/030913299669363669