Geosophy ... is the study of geographical knowledge from any or all points of view. It is to geography what historiography is to history; it deals with the nature and expression of geographical knowledge both past and present—with what Whittlesey has called ‘man’s sense of [terrestrial] space’.
Geosophy ... is the study of geographical knowledge from any or all perspectives. It is analogous to historiography in relation to history; it examines the nature and expression of geographical knowledge, both past and present—with what Whittlesey has termed ‘man’s perception of terrestrial space’.