Truth claims and explanatory claims-An ontological typology of futures studies

Futures

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 857-865

  Bergman, Ann ^a   Karlsson, Jan Ch ^a   Axelsson, Jonas ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; RESEARCH WORK; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 77956011180     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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