Geographical Science in the Mirror of Phenomenology: Interdisciplinary Impulses as a Threat to Identity
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2025-49-1-184-200Keywords:
humanistic geography, phenomenology, Husserl, mythological consciousness, geography of place, irrational thinking, identityAbstract
Attention is focused on the relationship between geographical science and the phenomenological approach. According to many authors, the fundamental and epistemological shortcomings of the latter do not allow it to be perceived as a full-fledged scientific approach. The purpose of this study is to substantiate and specify the reasons for its growing criticism in geography, which narrows the already poorly used possibilities of applied geographical science in explaining the causes and consequences of dangerous disturbances in the circulation of substances and energy in nature, as well as in mitigating such acute problems as droughts, floods, deforestation, desertification, environmental pollution, etc. There has been a surge in research on humanistic geography in the West, primarily due to the active inclusion of human consciousness and the cognitive abilities of individuals. The authors argue that the growing interest in intuitive and interpretive methods of recognizing and understanding phenomena is characterized by the fact that many of its impulses arise outside geography. It is concluded that the interpretation of the "phenomenology of place" by many representatives of humanistic geography should be attributed to the theoretical arsenal of philosophy and psychology rather than geography, and that the practice of perceiving a place through sensory experience and faith detracts from the value of geography as a fundamental science of key areas of the Earth's space. The main conclusion is that if geographical science, under the pressure of "phenomenologism", continues to give way to orthodox "Husserlian geography" and its new variants based on unobservable facts unscientifically verified by subjective experience, it will face more difficulties in claiming the status of scientific geographical knowledge and applied science.
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