Considerações a cerca da Geografia de Alexander von Humboldt: Teoria, Filosofia e Concepção de Natureza

摘要

To the knowledge of geography, can not ignore the influence of the romantic movement had in the context of their systematic knowledge as a unified body of theoretical and methodological endowed scientificity. The science geographical consolidates in Germany in the mid-nineteenth century, with theoretical foundations, philosophy and methodology derived from a hybridization between romantic and positivist conceptions of world, science and society. Therefore, this article has as main objective to bring the reader a bit of geography developed by Alexander von Humboldt, also referring to the philosophical and historical context of the time, and the discussion of this nature in their texts.