Jose Alexandre de Quadros

Determinism and Possibilism Jose Alexandre de Quadros

Abstract: This e-book aims to present some of the guiding ideas, according to the predominant geographic thinking, geographical determinist school originated mainly from the writings of the German German Friedrich Ratzel andgeographical possibility French school originated mainly from the writings of Paul Vidal de La Blache, from thenon, epistemological analysis or criticism about these thoughts and how the majority treats geographical thought, showing the possible inconsistencies and contradictions of this common thinking and original ideas were misleading, especially the German school, which was attacked and belittled by much of the school, while the Frenchschool was defended and enalteci Also addressed the dichotomy of how these schools were treated in major geographical documents and education of Paraná, the PCN and the DCE respectively