Philosophy of the Future between Divinations and Prophecies | ||
| هرمس | ||
| Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 7-26 PDF (455.01 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/herms.2014.397022 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mustafa El Nashar | ||
| Professor and Head of Philosophy Department, Faculty of Arts – Cairo University – Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Philosophy of the future is that branch of philosophy concerned with contemplation and reading the image of the future in several aspects from future of the economic and political life to the future of technical and scientific developments that will be witnessed by the humanity without a maximum for timeframe. It may be enough for the philosopher to read about the future of the century in which he/she lives and the following century. His/ her reading may be expanded to include expectations for the future till the end of millennium that he/she still lives in its beginnings. Now, we have a great deal of writings that read the image of future of human progress in the areas of Science and Philosophy in the Twenty-first century . We also have some of writings that propose perceptions for the future till the end of the millennium. What is funny is that those who prophesy the image of the future in the whole millennium provide their perceptions as "History of the Future" !. Thus, where are the borderlines between the possible and the impossible in these readings and perceptions about the future? How can we differentiate in such readings and perceptions between the divinations related to the unseen that can't be predicted and prophesies that may be confirmed by some of evidence that appeared in doctrines and discoveries of scientists and philosophers that contribute to the progress witnessed by the human life now? These questions and more reveal that the future – despite all prophesies – is still subject to all the possibilities. There is no doubt that it includes what is a good utopian and what is bad leading to the elimination of the humanity and even all the human life. Therefore, there is no need to predict the goodness of the future and the human should be cautious always of any achieved scientific progress because as it is good, it also may hold the evil seeds!! | ||
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