the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
the study of the spatial distribution of organisms.
See also :List of ologies, Important publications in chorology
Hettner: The goal of the chorological point of view is to know the character of regions and places through comprehension of the existence together and interrelations among different realms of reality and their varied manifestations, and to comprehend the earth surface as a whole in its actual arrangement in continents, larger and smaller regions, and places Geographers not only investigate what is where on Earth but also why it is there and not somewhere else. ... In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument) is an assembly of organs that influence each other in such a way that they function as a more or less stable whole and have properties of life. ... Informally, an ology is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the suffix -ology. ... // Aerobiology Blackley, C. H. (1873) Experimental Researches on the Causes and Nature of Catarrhus Aestivus (Hay-Fever or Hay-Asthma), (Oxford Historical Books). ...
With a remarkable regularity, this bastard reasoning has been assimilated either to a legitimate and legitimating discourse concerning "space" or "place," or to the rhetoric of a certain Platonic modesty that requires the differentiation of a rigorous deductive presentation of the truth from a certain speculative, mythological, or oneiric transgression of "legitimate" discourse.
In Chorology, Sallis continues his careful reading of Plato's dialogues, bringing to bear on the Timaeus many of the questions and problematics he has pursued at the very forefront of contemporary philosophy over the intervening years.
Chorology consists of five chapters, four of which comprise a close commentary on the majority of the Timaeus.
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