Multiple choice

Who among the following rejected the teleological idea of final causes and insisted that explanations must be sought in what is chronologically antecedent, and in this view, opposed Linnaeus and Leibniz but supported and amplified the ideas of Hume and Goethe ?

  1. Varenius

  2. Kant

  3. Humboldt

  4. Ratze

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Immanuel Kant rejected teleological explanations in geography, favoring causal and chronological explanations, and he was influenced by the scientific thought of his time.