Introduction to Anticipation Studies

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

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

Autorentext

Roberto Poli (PhD Utrecht) has been awarded the first UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems, teaches social foresight and philosophy of science, is fellow of WAASWorld Academy of Art and Science and STIASStellenbosch 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.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. An Outline Map of Anticipation.- Chapter 2. Understanding the Future.- Chapter 3 Wholes.- Chapter 4 Time.- Chapter 5. Emergence.- Chapter 6. Systems.- Chapter 7. Complexity.- Chapter 8. The Modeling Relation.- Chapter 9. The Discipline of Anticipation.