What Is Environmental Determinism?

Environmental determinism was the concept where the environment determined nature and logic was the assumption used to decide causality. Darwin assumed that Natural Selection was the proper form of environmental determinism. He felt that because the same plants and animals were found on different continents but with different characteristics that evolution took place. He used logic to correlate these ideas and form his theories. Semple formulated her theories logically as well around the idea that geography and history were related and that history of a region could be used to understand the land use and development of that region. Whereas, Frenkel found that landscape was used to bind people within the boundaries of racism and created tension