ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM
by Antonio C. Antonio
February 5, 2015
Environmental Determinism is a theory that
says that human culture, institutions, and economic activities are shaped (or
are determined) by the environment and that human actions are entirely a response
to ecological settings. Environmental
Determinism, also known as climactic determinism or geographical determinism,
is the belief that the physical environment predisposes human social
development towards particular trajectories.
It is also a doctrine that maintains that all events, including human
action, are ultimately determined by external causes which individuals or
groups cannot control; and, therefore, dictated by man’s environment.
“Mr. Philander Rodman has a son (Dennis) who was
a famous basketball player in the NBA.
Dennis lives in the U.S. and speaks English with a black-American
twang. Mr. Rodman settled in the
Philippines and sired another son (Phil, Jr.) who also plays basketball. Phil, Jr. lives in Angeles City and sFeaks
HEnglish with Ha KaFamFangan dicSHAn.” (“Environmental-Cultural Terms”,
Antonio, 2014, http://antonantonio.blogspot.com/2014/06/environmental-cultural-terms.html)
The Theory of Environmental Possibilism is
directly opposed to the Theory of Environmental Determinism.
Just my little thoughts…
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