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Source:

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 72, Number 2, p.275-277 (1982)

ISBN:

00045608

URL:

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Keywords:

GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE, Theory of; METAPHOR; METAPHYSICS; RHETORIC

Abstract:

Comments on the criticism made on the role of metaphor in the study of geography. Importance of intuitive imagination in philosophy and contemporary epistemology; Propositions used as the basis for a geographical epistemology; Role of metaphor in linking the effectivity of structures on the one and the affectivity of the subjective on the other.

Notes:

J1: Annals of the Association of American Geographers; M3: Article; Livingstone, David N. 1Harrison, Richard T. 2; Affiliations: 1: Department of Geography, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1NN 2: Northern Ireland Economic Council, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT4 3TT; Source Information: Jun82, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p275; Subject Term: GEOGRAPHYSubject Term: KNOWLEDGE, Theory ofSubject Term: METAPHORSubject Term: METAPHYSICSSubject Term: RHETORIC; Number of Pages: 3p; Document Type: Article