ICUS XVIII Program: Seoul, 1991
Plenary
Committee 1: The Limits of Science
- Chou, Kyong Chol, Chaos Beyond Our Cosmological Quest
- Csanyi, Vilmos, Mind and Cognition, Limits of Understanding
- Fleming, James R., On Pathological Science
- Holmfeld, John, Policy Consequences of the Limits of Science
- Kurti, Nicholas, The Limits of Scientist’s Science
- Marx, George, Space, Time and Energy Limits
- Papagiannis, Michael D., Is There an Ultimate Goal to the Whole Process of Cosmic Evolution
- Pietschmann, Herbert, Science at an End, Three Limits of Scientific Knowledge
- Procaccia, Itamar, Chaos as a Limitation on Predictability, Not on Science
- Seitz, Frederick, The Future of Science
- Weinberg, Alvin, Limits on Science for Policy and Policy for Science
Discussion
- Alonso on Marx
- Beck on Kurti
- Higatsberger on Papers in Committee 1
- Kothari, L.S., General Discussant Remarks
- Le Pair on Holmfeld
- Le Pair on Weinberg
- Seitz on Pietschmann
- Seitz on Procaccia
- Takaki on Csanyi
- Takaki on Weinberg, Seitz, Fleming and Procaccia
- Toth on Pietschmann
- Varma on Seitz
- Yoon on Pietschmann
Committee 2: Agricultural Genetic Engineering and Society
- Dazhong, Wen, Genetic Engineering and Energy Efficiency in Human Food Systems
- Giampietro, Mario, Genetic Engineering Within the Biosphere, Hierarchical Levels and Values
- Goldstein, Daniel J., The Ethics of Germplasm Transfer, The Behavior of Multi-national Corporations in Scientifically Weak Countries
- Hokkanen, Heikki, Biological Control of Pests Employing the New rDNA Technology
- Kinney, Martin, Biotechnology and the Improvement and Industrialization of Cocoa
- Mellanby, Kenneth, Environmental and Agricultural Risks of Gene Transfer Between Species
- Pimentel, David, Ecological Aspects of Genetic Engineering in Agriculture and Society
- Post on Mellanby
- Saleh, Rouchdy S., Economic Potential of Biotechnology in Agroforestry Stachow, Ulrich E., Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Agriculture
- Stanhill, Gerald, Genetic Engineering, New Crops for Soil and Water Resource Conservation
- Wells, Jonathan, The History and Limits of Genetic Engineering
Discussion
Committee 3: Nationalism and World Unity, Educating for the 21st Century
- Adjangba, A.M., Problematic of African Nationalism, Ideological Content and Relevance to the Field of Education
- Behar, Nansen, Nationalism and Education, The Case of Bulgaria
- Bernholz, Peter, The Impact of Politics and Economics on the National and International Understanding
- Davies, Christie, Concentric Overlapping and Competing Loyalties and Identities, the Implication for Education
- Kim, Jongchol, The Practice of Nationalism and Internationalism in Education, The Case of Korea and Japan
- Kozma, Tamas, Nationalism in Education, A Comparative View
- Kozma, Tamas, The Revival of Conservative Nationalism in Hugary and Eastern Europe Mina, Fayez, Nationalism and World Unity, Educating for the 21st Centruy The Case of the Arab World
- Mitter, Wolfgang, Nationalism, Regionalism and Internationalism in Euope, An East-West Comparison of Educational Developments
- Nishimura, Shunichi, A Case Study of Educational Nationalism, Educational Struture Around Japan in the Cold War Period
- Ray, Lewis, Korea as the Nation Chosen to Realize the Global Community Romo, Luis A., Nationalism and Regionalism in South America, Implications and Consequences for Education
- Ruegg, Walter H., Nationalism and Internationalism-A Need for Balanced Identities Schleicher, Klaus, The Global Dimension of Human Rights Education
- Shadrikov, Vladimir D., Meeting the Various Ethnic, Cultural and National Requirements in the Sphere of Education, State Policy of the Soviet Union
- Titma, Mikk, Education in the USSR, As a Tool of Ideology and a Factor of National Re-awakening
- Zaim, Sabahaddin, Nationalism in Education, Educational Policy of Turkey
- Zelvys, Rimantas, Formation of the Great Brother Image in Readers of Lithuanian Literature for Primary Forms
Discussion
- Wielemans on Bernholz and Lawson
- Wielemans on Davies and Schleicher
- Wielemans on Mitter and Kim
- Wielemans on Ruegg, Bernholz and Lawson
- Wielemans on Titma and Shadrikov
Committee 4: The Contemporary Family in Cross-cultural Context
- Bardis, Panos D., Persistent Family Functions and Social Harmony Through Creative Education
- Fallding, Harold, Family Life and Family Values in Modern Society
- Fernando, Sumana, Religious Diversity in Marriage, Impediment or Positive Help
- Gupta, Bina, Modernity and the Hindu Extended Family System, A Problematic Interaction
- Khattab, Abdelmoneim M., The Arab Muslim Family in the Contemporary Middle East Society
- Sooklal, Anil, The Erosion of Traditional Values, The Breakdown of the Joint-Family and Its Implications for the Hindu Community of South Africa
- Soriano, Fernando I., U.S. Hispanics and Their Families, A Sociocultural Portrait
- Sotomayor, Marta, The Families of Latino Undocumented Aliens
- Staples, Robert, A Comparative Analysis of Afro-American Maori Families, The Subtext of Minority Status
- Veevers, Jean E., Permanent Availability for Marriage, Considerations of the Canadian Case
Dsicussion
- Abdufi Rauf on Khattab
- De La Torre on Soriano
- Hwang on Fernando J.
- Mellanby on Bardis
- Scott on Bardis
- Singh on Gupta
- Singh on Sooklal
Seoul, Committee 5: East-West Perspectives on Science and Spirit: Time and Consciousness
- Charles, Daniel, Music, Poetry and Zero Time
- de Silva, M.W. Padmasiri, Some Basic Metaphors of Time, Contextualizing the Buddhist Perspectives of Temporality
- Dy, Manuel B., The Chinese View of Time, A Passage to Eternity
- Goel, Atul, Towards Superconsciousness
- Laszlo, Ervin, Time and the Universe, Cosmologies East and West
- Murray, Priscilla, Time and Awareness of Death
- Novak, Phillip, Attention and Temporality, Buddhist Perspectives on the Transformation of Time
- Pincheira, Guido, Time in Biology, The Genetic Clocks Rakic, Ljubisa, Neurological Basis of Time and Consciousness
- Spreng, Daniel, Substitutional Relationships between Energy, Time and Information
- Sudarshan, E.C.G., Time in Physics and Time in Awareness
- Zum Brunn, Emilie, The Arrow and the Cycle
Discussion
Committee 6: Unification Thought and the Global Transformation of Consciousness
- Courtney, Charles, Education and the Global Transformation of Consciousness
- Flew, Antony, The Logic of Unification Thought
- Garrett, William R., From Cold War Ideology to Global Praxis, The Unification Critique of Marxism
- Harrison, III, Frank, Reflections on Unification Epistemology
- James, Gene, A Critical Examination of Dr. Sang Hun Lee’s Unification Axiology
- Kelsay, John, Ethics in Unification Thought
- Kelsay, John, Unification Methodology
- Lee, Sang Hun, The Significance of the Result of Sessions of Committee VI Seen from the Viewpoint of Providential History
- Roth, John K., Human Nature, Human Being and Being Human
- Rubenstein, Betty Rogers, Unification Aesthetics
- Sass, Hans-Martin, The Meaning and Purpose of History
- Sontag, Frederick, Original Image
Discussion