Overview
- First systematic introduction to the discipline of anticipation
- Explains the relevance of anticipation for biology, cognitive and social sciences
- Improves theories and models of individual and collective human behavior and its consequences
- Describes the connection between the anticipatory point of view and futures studies
Part of the book series: Anticipation Science (ANTISC, volume 1)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Roberto Poli (PhD Utrecht) has been awarded the first UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems, teaches social foresight and philosophy of science, is fellow of WAAS—World Academy of Art and Science and STIAS—Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. Poli is editor-in-chief of Axiomathes and the Handbook of Anticipation and he is the director of the master in Social Foresight. Poli has published five books, edited or co-edited more than 20 books or journal’s special issues and published about 250 scientific papers. His present work is focused on the theory of anticipatory systems, i.e. system able to take decisions according to their possible future development.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Anticipation Studies
Authors: Roberto Poli
Series Title: Anticipation Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63023-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63021-2Published: 06 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87456-2Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63023-6Published: 28 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2522-039X
Series E-ISSN: 2522-0403
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 275
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Personality and Social Psychology, Ontology