Knowing Tomorrow? How science deals with the future

by Patrick van der Duin

Overview

In a society characterized by turbulence and change, predicting the future has become an invaluable skill for managers, politicians, and scientists alike. As a result, scientific researchers have become increasingly interested in the study of the future. In Knowing Tomorrow?, an international team of contributors analyzes how the concept of the future is being addressed across academic disciplines.
 From the perspectives as varied as psychology, philosophy, economics, and astronomy, this groundbreaking volume examines how scholars have incorporated the future in their work. By illustrating how future research can be applied and evaluated, Knowing Tomorrow? establishes this growing field as a discipline in its own right.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789059722293
Publisher:	Eburon Publishers
Publication date:	11/15/2007
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Patrick van der Duin is an assistant professor at Delft University of Technology.
 
 

Table of Contents

1. Futures research and science: introduction
Patrick van der Duin
 
2. Inside the foresight mind
Peter Hayward
 
3. Futures studies from a human and social perspective
Eleonora Barbieri Masini
 
4. Dealing with the future in economics
Cornelius Hazeu
 
5. On the philosophical foundations of futures research
Joseph Voros
 
6. Macrohistory, macrohistorians and futures studies
Sohail Inayatullah
 
7. Geography, planning and the future
Ela Krawczyk
 
8. The end is nigh...but are we there yet? Futures and the environment
Graham H. May
 
9. Managing the Future
Patrick van der Duin and Erik den Hartigh
 
10. Astronomy: observing the past and predicting the future
Dap Hartmann
 
11. Future-oriented Technology Analysis: The literature and its disciplines
Alan L. Porter
 
12. Futures research and science: summary and some afterthoguhts
Patrick van der Duin
 
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