Extensive Definition
Prospection is defined by psychologist
Daniel Gilbert in his novel Stumbling
on Happiness as "The act of looking forward in time or
considering the future" (Gilbert 2006:1). It has also been used for
several years in the field of Futures
Studies, where futurist Joseph Voros
defined it to be "the activity of purposefully looking forward
[i.e. into the future] in order to create forward views and/or
images of the future" (see, e.g., Voros 2003, 2005, 2006).
See also
Sources
- Stumbling on Happiness