The Philosophy of Geography

The relationship between geography and philosophy is still largely in need of being explored. Geographers and philosophers share the responsibility for that. On the one hand, geographers have considered as a dangerous deviation any attempt to elaborate an image of the Earth which was not a mere replica of a cartographic representation. On the other hand, philosophers have generally been uninterested in a discipline offering little chance for critical reflection. In light of these considerations, the purpose of this book is to identify some fundamental philosophical issues involved in the reflection of geography by adopting a perspective which looks at the discipline with a specific focus on its fundamental concepts and distinctions.

Contributions by some of the most important authors (both geographers and philosophers) studying this area of research Accessible for geographers, computer scientists and digital humanists in related field Offers a variety of perspectives, methods of investigation and points of view from all over the world

Autorentext

Timothy Tambassi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Salerno and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Eastern Piedmont. His interests of research include Formal Ontology, Philosophy of Geography and Philosophy of Computer Science. Marcello Tanca is an Associate Professor at the Department of Literature, Languages and Cultural Heritage of the University of Cagliari. His research interests concern the relationship between geography and philosophy, geography and fiction, and landscape.

Inhalt
Introduction.- World, Earth and Landscape: Conceptual Distinctions.- Geography and Philosophy: From Ontologies to Ontogenesis.- On the Italian Theory.- Spatial order in traditional Chinese understanding.- Geographicity. An essay on the elementary forms of geographical experience.- Post-truth Geographies in the Age of Fake News.- Ontologies of Geographies.- The Sources of (Spatial) Self: a Way to Tackle Individual Spatiality.- Jamming the anthropological machine: postumanism and geography.- The Value of hybrid eco-systems.- Space, between Metaphor and Concept.- The Presocratic Geography.