A work of outstanding originality and importance, which will become a cornerstone in the philosophy of geography, this book asks: What is human science?

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Geography and Traditional Metaphysics: 2. Geographical discourse and its central themes; Part II. Geography and Phenomenology: 3. The interpretation of phenomenology in geography; 4. Geographical phenomenology: a critique of its foundations; Part III. Phenomenology and the Question of Human Science: 5. Husserlian phenomenology: the foundational project; 6. Phenomenology, science and phenomenological geography; 7. Towards a fundamental ontology of science; Part IV. Human Science, Worldhood and Spatiality: 8. Implications for the human sciences and a human science of geography; 9. Towards an understanding of human spatiality.