Predicting the Future: An Introduction to the Theory of Forecasting

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State University of New York Press, 1998 - Philosophy - 315 pages
Develops a general theory of prediction that encompasses its fundamental principles, methodology, and practice and gives an overview of its promises and problems.

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Nicholas Rescher
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Nicholas Rescher
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Nicholas Rescher
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About the author (1998)

Nicholas Rescher is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of more than sixty books, including Dialectics: A Controversy-Oriented Approach to the Theory of Knowledge and Process Metaphysics: An Introduction to Process Philosophy, both published by SUNY Press. For more than three decades he has been editor of American Philosophical Quarterly.

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TitlePredicting the Future: An Introduction to the Theory of Forecasting
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AuthorNicholas Rescher
Editionillustrated
PublisherState University of New York Press, 1998
ISBN0791435547, 9780791435540
Length315 pages
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Philosophy / Epistemology
Philosophy / General
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Social Science / Future Studies
  
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