Prediction ( divination [1] ) is a message about some event that will most likely happen in the future [2] .
Depending on the grounds, predictions are divided into rational and irrational. Rational predictions are based on certain knowledge of laws (domestic or scientific) and methods for their practical implementation. Irrational predictions are "based" on the unusual, unique abilities of the predictor (" insight ", " revelation ", " clairvoyance ", " visionary gift", "superrational intuition ", etc.) [3] .
Prediction differs significantly from concepts: fortune-telling, clairvoyance , prophecy , forecasting, and other concepts, which, in essence, are attempts to look into the future in order to confirm the favorable or unfavorable outcome of some, well-defined, actions.
A forecaster is a person who has (or pretends ) the gift of foresight, predicting future events .
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In some religious subjects (for example, German-Scandinavian mythology ) the word of the predictor is even higher than the desire of the gods, since even the gods are not able to cancel the predicted - and even the god can make a prediction. In this case, " fate ", " Fatum " - are much lower in the rank of prediction. They can be changed by performing a certain action, a vow , praying, etc.
See also
- Astrology
- Auspices
- Foresight
- Forecast
- Prophecy
- Clairvoyance
- Oracle
- Chaldeans
Notes
- ↑ Prophesy // Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary
- ↑ Predict // Small Academic Dictionary
- ↑ Porus V. N. Prediction // New Philosophical Encyclopedia
Literature
- Prediction // Philosophical Encyclopedia
- Prediction // Philosophy: Encyclopedic Dictionary. / Edited by A. A. Ivin. - M .: Gardariki, 2004
- Prediction // Big Encyclopedia of Psychiatry
- Prediction // Vocational education
- About predictions // Montaigne M. Experiments - M .: Ripol-Classic, 1997
- Graham EP "Divination" // Catholic Encyclopedia . - New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1913