On the Raison d'être of Physical Geography

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  • 自然地理学の存在理由をめぐって
  • シゼン チリガク ノ ソンザイ リユウ オ メグッテ
  • On the Raison d'être of Physical Geography

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The present day may be defined as the age of a paradigm shift from the modernism based on modern science and technology that began in Europe in the seventeenth century to a new era and anew perspective on life. Reviews are made on the originality of scientific achievement, philosophy and methodology in science, and the meaning of information concerning regional differences. The raison d'être of physical geography is discussed stressing its role to integrate various regional information into a monograph as part of the geohistory of our planet. A hypothesis on the feedback effect of the uplift of the Himalaya mountains and the Tibetian plateau on global climate as a factor in generating the past glacial and interglacial rhythm after 0.73 Ma BP is given as an example of integration of the regional information obtained from various disciplines.

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