Future terminology

We discussed last time the meaning of Futures Research

The glossary at Ensti, the site for foresight at The Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) defines the term as follows:
Futures studies (Futures research)
The collection, critical analysis, creative synthesis and systematic presentation of intuitive and other knowledge and information about the future. The futures viewpoint is determined by the active subject (individual, firm, office or institution, community, society, state, group of states, humankind, living nature etc.) who gives orientation towards the future. (See also Futurology, Foresight, Forecast).

Anticipation A synonym for futures studies, control of the present which changes towards the future with the help of information concerning the past, present and future. Also, an assessment of the course of development of a trend with some assumed degree of probability during a determined course of time. Anticipation is regarded as being composed of the description of the future, the creation, development and utilisation of methods of analysis and the production, procurement, processing, formulation, analysis and reporting of information on the future. The word is often also used to refer to planning methods in order to separate those from actual futures studies.

Hoping for future discussion
Matti