فلسفه غرب

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 استادیار گروه آینده‌پژوهی، دانشکده علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه فرماندهی و ستاد ارتش، تهران، ایران.

2 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد آینده‌پژوهی، دانشکده علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه فرماندهی و ستاد اجا، تهران، ایران.

3 دانش‌آموختة دکتری آینده‌پژوهی، دانشکده علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه بین‌المللی امام خمینی (ره)، قزوین، ایران.

چکیده

مفهوم تصویرپردازی در دانش آینده‌پژوهی، با تحت تأثیر قرار دادن بسیاری از افکار آینده‌اندیشانه و تصمیم‌گیری‌های ما دربارة تحولات آتی، می‌تواند دامنة بینش و کنش ما نسبت به آینده را توسعه دهد. با توجه به اهمیت و نقش این مفهوم، در این مقاله به بررسی مفهوم، جایگاه و اعتبار علمی تصویرپردازی در آینده‌پژوهی، از منظر آینده‌پژوهان و فیلسوفان غربی پرداخته شده است. این پژوهش از نوع توصیفی است، نخست داده­ها به روش اسنادی و کتابخانه‌ای گردآوری شد و سپس با رویکردی تحلیلی‌ـ‌انتقادی به بررسی مفهوم تصویرپردازی پرداخته شد. نتایج پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که تصاویر آینده از منظر کشف، به سه دسته تقسیم می‌شوند؛ شامل «تصاویر مبتنی بر تعمیم روندهای حال و گذشته (تجربه‌گرایانه)»، «تصاویر مبتنی بر تحلیل‌های عقلی و منطقی (عقل‌گرایانه)» و «تصاویر مبتنی بر تخیّل، شهود، ارزش‌ها و معنویات درونی». با بررسی‌های انجام شده از نظر فلاسفه و آینده‌پژوهان غربی، وجاهت علمی دو دستة اول مورد تأیید قرار گرفت، اما دستة سوم فاقد وجاهت علمی‌اند و تنها می‌توانند در «مقام تولید» و کشف گزاره‌هایی خلاقانه در مورد آینده، ارزشمند باشند.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

The Analysis of the Concept, Position, and Scientific Validity of Imagination in Future Studies, from the Perspective of Western Philosophers and Futurists

نویسندگان [English]

  • Ebrahim Ejabi 1
  • Khalil Koulivand 2
  • Fateme Zahra Gilani nezhad 3

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Futures Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran.

2 MSc. Student, Department of Defensive Futures Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran.

3 PhD in Futures Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

چکیده [English]

The concept of imagination in future studies knowledge affects many of our forward-thinking thoughts and decisions about future developments and can expand the scope of our vision and action towards the future. According to the importance and role of this concept, in this paper, were reviewed the concept, position and scientific validity of imagination in the futures studies, from the perspective of western philosophers and futurists. This research is a descriptive research. The data were collected in a documentary and library method and then, with an analytical-critical approach, the concept of imagination has been investigated. The results of the research showed that the images of the future from the perspective of discovery are divided into three categories, including "images based on the extrapolation of current and past trends (experimental)", "images based on logical analyzes (rational)" and "images based on imagination, intuition, values and inner spirituality" are divided. According to the surveys conducted by Western philosophers and futurists, the scientific validity of the first two categories was confirmed, but the third category, since they lack scientific validity, can only be valuable in the "position of production" and discovering creative propositions about the future.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Futures Studies
  • Scientific validity
  • Vision
  • conceptualization
  • imagination
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