Foresight as Consolation
Kant on the Capability of Future Making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6445075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rafael Ziegler (0000-0002-7156-7042, HEC Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 365-384 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of the Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-3931 • E-ISSN: 1552-7441 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00483931251327336 |
| OpenAlex | W4408727117 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
There is renewed interest in future making across the social sciences. These discussions refer to Kant; however, his anthropology is not in the focus. The paper seeks to fill this gap and sketch the contours of Kantian foresight in his anthropology from a pragmatic point of view. It characterizes Kantian future making as consolatory foresight, a philosophical version of backcasting avant la lettre , which is critical of foresight as empirical anticipation only. The paper discusses this philosophical approach to foresight with a view to the capabilities approach, a major current in the contemporary social sciences and source of alternative views on development and progress
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The Idea of Justice
How to Build Collective Capabilities
Introduction
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |