بایسته های علمی در آینده پژوهی مهدوی

“futurology” is the art of shaping the future, the way we want it to be. in this perspective, futurism is the knowledge of understanding changes, and knowing the future is the most critical science human beings need. in islam, “messianism” is the beating heart of any future-oriented research and a muslim futurist cannot ignore the capacities and teachings of messianic culture in their research; but this field of study demands special research requirements and necessities. it seems these necessities and requirements can be investigated in three theoretical necessities such as 1) hopeful optimism, 2) qualitative view toward appearance not the quantitative one, and methodical requirements such as 1) mechanism to predict the future, 2) calm and legal government in the process of research and its conclusions and propagandistic requisites such as 1) explaining the messianic doctrine’s fundamentals of thought and epistemical materials and providing indicators of right and wrong, 2) representing the functions of messianic society. some of these requisites are presented in this paper.