1) Antedating physics 2) Capacity 3) Delphic quality 4) Foreknowledge 5) Foresight 6) Mental ability 7) Prevision 1) Foresight 2) Forethought 
• (n.) Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
Pre'sci·ence (prē'shĭ* e ns or - sh e ns; 277) noun [ French prescience , Latin praescientia . See Prescient .] Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. « God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents.�...
[n] - the power to foresee the future
prescience Knowledge of events before they happen; foreknowledge, forsight; especially, as a divine attribute.
prevision noun the power to foresee the future
Supposedly direct acquaintance with the future in contrast to fore-knowledge which is usually considered to be descriptive and inferential (see Fore-Knowledge) Prescience is usually attributed only to God. -- L.W.
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
[SAT terms] the power to foresee the future the power to foresee the future