Question

Elaborate the concept of neo- diterminism as suggtoil by Griffith Taylor?

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Answer 1

Answer:

This interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature when man was scared of nature is termed as environmental determinism. Nature provides opportunities and human being make use of these and slowly nature gets humanised and starts bearing the imprints of human endeavor. This is known as possibilism. A geographer, Griffith Taylor introduced another concept which reflects a middle path between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibilism. He termed it as Neodeterminism or stop and go determinism. It means that human beings can conquer nature by obeying it and the fact that possibilities can be created within the limits which do not damage the environment.