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RECIPES FOR A PUDDING: A COMMENT ON LOCALITY
Author(s) -
WARDE ALAN
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8330.1989.tb00192.x
Subject(s) - mistake , locality , feeling , value (mathematics) , empiricism , empirical research , recipe , epistemology , sociology , geography , computer science , philosophy , political science , law , archaeology , linguistics , machine learning
As far as future research in geography is concerned, the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. ‘Locality’ can be seen to be a fascinating, complex concept of considerable value to geographical theory and empirical research. Researchers should not make the mistake of confusing empirical research with ‘empiricism’ as Duncan, Savage and others do. My feeling is that their alternative recipe should definitely carry a health warning (Cooke, 1989: 274).