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Question
Who among the following has introduced the concept of Neo-determinism?
Options
Ratzel
Griffith Taylor
Allen C. Semple
Paul Vidal de la Blache
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Solution
Griffith Taylor
Explanation:
A geographer, Griffith Taylor introduced another concept which reflects a middle path (Madhyam Marg) between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibilism. He termed it as Neodeterminism or stop and go determinism.
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