History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the FutureThe book reexamines this long held belief, and argues that the historical method is an excellent way to think about and represent the future. At the same time, the book asserts that futurists should not view the future as a scientist might--aiming for predictions and certainties--but rather should view the future in the same way that an historian views the past. |
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... relationship between history and future within the historiographic movement termed the " linguistic turn . " This refers to the concern among many philosophers of history about the nature of representa- tion in history , and especially ...
... relationship between history and future within the historiographic movement termed the " linguistic turn . " This refers to the concern among many philosophers of history about the nature of representa- tion in history , and especially ...
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... relationship between history and future has traditionally been defined as a problem for the speculative philosophy of history , a problem of history1 . I would like to redefine this debate to argue instead that the relationship between ...
... relationship between history and future has traditionally been defined as a problem for the speculative philosophy of history , a problem of history1 . I would like to redefine this debate to argue instead that the relationship between ...
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... relationship between history and future is a matter of history2 , not historyl . In the same way we can distinguish between the past and the representa- tion of the past , so can we distinguish between the future and the represen ...
... relationship between history and future is a matter of history2 , not historyl . In the same way we can distinguish between the past and the representa- tion of the past , so can we distinguish between the future and the represen ...
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... relationship between history and future — assumed that if the historian could discern patterns in history1 then these patterns could be used to derive patterns in futurel . I am arguing here that to understand the relationship between ...
... relationship between history and future — assumed that if the historian could discern patterns in history1 then these patterns could be used to derive patterns in futurel . I am arguing here that to understand the relationship between ...
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... relationship between science and ideas about the future . The modern idea that the future is deterministic , predictable , and able to be controlled or influenced for human purposes dates to the Scientific Revolution , and was later ...
... relationship between science and ideas about the future . The modern idea that the future is deterministic , predictable , and able to be controlled or influenced for human purposes dates to the Scientific Revolution , and was later ...
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History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future David J. Staley Limited preview - 2010 |
History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future David J. Staley Limited preview - 2006 |
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