Lesse S
Am J Psychother. 1981 Apr;35(2):195-205. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.195.
The origins of the futures movement are reviewed. The observation is presented that the reductionistic pattern of thinking which has been the central focus of scientific thinking is contrary to the counter-reductionistic view that characterizes holistic thinking. Humanistic futurists must have a total awareness of and commitment to the concept that the welfare of humankind must be an integral part of all futures planning. Their training should stress interrelationships and mutually influencing factors that dominate individual human functioning, group behavior, and technologic forces. The scientific era would appear to be giving way slowly to a "postscientific" era. This new breakthrough is a feature of the evolving postindustrial-cybercultural society.
回顾了未来学运动的起源。有人指出，作为科学思维核心焦点的还原论思维模式，与作为整体思维特征的反还原论观点背道而驰。人文主义未来学家必须全面认识并致力于这样一个理念，即人类福祉必须成为所有未来规划的一个组成部分。他们的培训应强调主导个体人类机能、群体行为和技术力量的相互关系及相互影响的因素。科学时代似乎正在缓慢地让位于一个“后科学”时代。这一新突破是不断发展的后工业 - 网络文化社会的一个特征。
