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Research Paradigms in Geography: Positivism

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Positivism

Positivism is a set of philosophical approaches that seeks to apply scientific principles and methods, drawn from the natural and hard sciences, to social phenomena to explain them. August Comte explained positivism as concentrating on facts and truths to explain and predict human behavior.

Positivism: 3 Stages and 3 Laws

The essence of the positivist philosophy is that science is value-free, neutral, impartial, and objective. Positivism emphasizes on science and scientific method as the only source of knowledge, a sharp distinction between fact (data) and value (cultu…

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Research Paradigms in Geography: Structuralism

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Structuralism

Structuralism believes that to understand the surface patterns of human behavior, it is important to have knowledge about the structures underlying them that produce or shape human actions.

For example, a certain region in a country wants to attract new people to their region. For that, they must survey the patterns and motives of the people and attract…

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