conceptsoffuturesstudies有关期中考：文中加底线部份为

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5. The study of the ethical foundations of futures studies 11/30/2020 8 Nine major purposes of futures studies, “Qamp。 A” 6. Interpreting the past and orientating the present 7. Integrating knowledge and values for designing social action （ see p16~19） 8. Increasing democratic participation in imaging and designing the future 9. Communicating and advocating a particular image of the future 11/30/2020 9 Why many fields need futures studies? 1. “In facts, one of the reasons that futures studies is needed is precisely for the purpose of improving the wisdom of human decision making and the effectiveness of human action by means more selfconscious and adequate futures thinking.”, p70, [1] 11/30/2020 10 Is futures studies a field? 1. “Because of its diversity, it may be more correct to call futures studies a multifield or transdisciplinary field, rather than a field.”, p71, [1] 11/30/2020 11 As other fields, futurists make predictions. p112, [1] 1. “Rather, the purposes are more plicated and more farreaching than mere prediction and involve the construction and evaluation of alternative futures for the purpose of increasing human control over the future.” 2. “Rather, futurists’ predictions (forecasts, projections, prophecies, etc. whatever they are labeled) are usually multiple, conditional （以 ...為條件。