地理学本体论、认识论与方法论

The Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology of Geography

本文以简述地理学的研究历史和现状作为引入,总结出地理学研究的软肋在于,缺乏从哲学层面上对地理学本体论、认识论和方法论进行深入思考。之后再界定地理学本体论、认识论和方法论的概念,在此基础上总结历史乃至当今时代所出现的主要哲学思潮、存在的哲学新动向,并提取其中能为地理学所采用的认识论、方法论。最后本章认为,复杂性理论将成为地理学研究新的、强有力的理论工具。

This paper begins by simply narrating the history and current status of the research of Geography, then gives a conclusion that the weakness of Geography lie in the lack of deep research on the Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology of Geography. Following that we define the concepts of the Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology of Geography, and then summarize the main trends of thought and new trends of Philosophy in history and today, and also pick-up something that could be adopted by the Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology of Geography. At the end we consider that Complexity theory would be the powerfully new tool in Geography research.