Towards an ontology of the present moment

On the Horizon

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-38

  Hodgson, Anthony ^a  

^a International Futures Forum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipatory systems; Causality; Critical thinking; Decision making; Metaframing; Multi dimensionality; Philosophical concepts; Present moment; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873028898     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748121311297049     Document Type: Article

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