Predicting the future : an introduction to the theory of forecasting /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rescher, Nicholas, 1928-
Format: Book
Published: New York : State University, 1998.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The philosophical anthropology of forecasting. Historical stagesetting. Conceptual, epistemic and ontological basics. Conceptual preliminaries. Basic epistemic issues. Some ontological issues. Predictive methods and their potential. The evaluation of predictions and predictors. Obstacles to predictive foreknowledge. Prediction in the sciences. Predictions about natural science : the problem of future knowledge. Prediction in human affairs. Predictive limits. Fundamental limits on predictors. Predictive incapacity and rational decision problems. The shape of things to come : facing the future