THE FUTURE AS AN OBJECT OF RESEARCH

Abstract

The discussion is concerned with the human ecology of the future--the question of our scientific, technological, human, and social environment at a substantial remove from the present. The main purpose of the discussion is to urge the contention that progress calls for two as yet only fragmentarily fulfilled requisites: explicit research on the methodological problems of forecasting in the 'soft' sciences, and a substantial improvement upon the current means of gathering data in the relevant areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0651425

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  • Nicholas Rescher

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  • RAND Corporation

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