Geography and

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Geography and the artillery of words (and
pictures)
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Trends in second half of 20th cent.

• Spatial science (or physics envy!)
• Def. of theory based on objectivity (neutrality)
  and truth gt explanation as truth claim
• 3 dimensions of spatial science
• Certainty of empirical observations
• Coherence or underlying order
• Individual discoveries part of a system
• Philosophy of positivism

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Post-positivist geography

• Partial knowledge multiple knowledge
• No unifying grand theory gtnarrative instead of
  theory
• Dissonance in narrative
• Geography as a social practice
• Knowledge ? Geography ? Power