DETERMINISM

THIS THEORY WAS INTTIALLY ESTABLISHED BY HIPPOCTES (460C370).ARISTOTLE (384BC-322BC) REPEATED THE GENERALIZATION ABOUT NATURAL CHARACTER AND ADDED THE POLITICAL ELEMENT.SIMILARLY STRABO(64BCE-21CE) IN HIS GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS ESTABLISHED A CLOSED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SHAPE RELIEF (1779-1859) RECONIZED THE GOVERNING INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN HUMAN CHARACTER HE ALSO PAID PROPER VALUE YO MAN INFLUENCE IN MODERATING NATURE.

"  DETERMINED IS THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW THAT EVERY EVENT INCLUDING HUMAN COGNITION BEHAVIOUR DECISION AND ACTION IS CAUSALLY DETERMINED BY THE ENVIRONMENT. "

    IN PHILOSOPHY THE DOCTRINE THAT ALL EVENTS INCLUDING HUMAN DECISION ARE COMPLETELY DETERMINED BY PREVIOUSLY EXISTING CAUSES.THE TRADITIONAL FREE WILL PROBLEM ARISES FROM THE QUESTION.IS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY CONSISTENT WITH THE TRUTH OF DETERMINISM? HAVE CONCLUDED THAT NO ONE IS MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HE DOES AND THEREFORE THAT PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN UNJUSTIFIED.

  DETERMINISM AS EXPLAINED BY EARLY GEOGRAPHER AND HISTORIANS WAS NOT WHOLLY ACCEPTED.THE CASUAL STUDY  OF GEOGRAPHY LATER BECAME MORE CRITICAL AND RECOGNIZED THE SUPREME PLACE THAT MAN OCCUPIES IN THE ADJUSMENT TO HIS ENVIRONMENT.THAT IS TO SAY THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY SHIFTED FROM DETERMINISM PREACHED BY GERMAN BRITISH AND EARLY FRENCH AUTHOR IN WHICH MAN PLAYED A SUBORDINATE ROLE TO NATURE POSSIBILISM IN WHICH MAN IS GIVEN HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE.......