A review of paradigms and schools in the science of geography
Subject Areas : Geography
1 - Payam Noor University of Shiraz
Keywords: Geography, paradigm, schools,
Abstract :
Paradigm in science means (point of view, pattern, example, etc.). Paradigms flow like blood in the veins of different sciences. Paradigms coordinate and direct the activities of scientists in each discipline. Paying too much attention to a paradigm can spread prejudice, and if this prejudice penetrates at the level of society and government, it will cause the country to lag behind in the development path. Paradigms are always changing and evolving (fixed and stable). New paradigms are born by people with genius, brave and bold. The change and transformation of paradigms leads to the transformation of sciences. The history of the school and its evolution. The entry of space discussion into the science of geography happened at the same time as the project of new geography in geography circles. In fact, it can be said that beginning in 1928, the American geographer Robert Platt emphasized a lot on regional or spatial dependencies. And after him, other geographers used the spatial tradition, but the practical work in the spatial perspective was entered into geography by Edward Ullman and Fred Kord Schiffer. Walter Kristaler, Alfred Weber and Van Tonen opened new horizons in geography. In the early 1950s, Schiffer considers geography to be "the science of the spatial arrangement of phenomena" and introduces logical positivism into geographical studies.