Paradigms in Geography and Names of Geographer NTA UGC NET
Different Paradigms in Geography & their Supporter:
| Paradigm | Supporter/ Scholar |
| 1. Determinism | Ratzel, Huntington, E.C Semple, Humboldt, WM Davis, E. Domela |
| 2. Environmental Determinism | E.C Semple |
| 3. Climatic Determinism | Huntington |
| 4. Possibilism | L.Febvre, Carl O Saur, J. Brunhes, Issiah Bowman, Blache, Mackinder, |
| 5. Positivism | A. Comte |
| 6. Probabilism | O.H.K Spate |
| 7. Social Darwinism | Herbert Spencer |
| 8. Neo-Determinism / Stop & Go Determinism | G.Taylor |
| 9. Systematic Geography | Schaefer |
| 10. Humanistic Geography | Yi-Fu-Tuan |
| 11. Welfare Geography | David Harvey |
| 12. Radical Geography | David Harvey, William Bunge, R. Peet |
| 13. Applied Geography | L.D Stump |
| 14. Feminist Geography | Linda Mc. Dowell |
| 15. Exceptionalism | I. Kant, schaefer |
| 16. Idealism | Harris & Guelke |
| 17. Realism | Gibson |
| 18. Phenomenology | Relph |
| 19. Behaviouralism | Kirk & Wolpert |
| 20. Quantitative Revolution | Peter Haggett, William Bunge |
| 21. Regional Differentiation | R.Hartshorne |
| 22. Chorology | Hettner, Hartshorne |
| 23. Structuralism | Derek Gregory |
| 24. Post Modernism | Edward Soja |