Need for a Total Viewpoint on Civilization(<Special Issue>PROSPECTS OF THE THIRD PHASE OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BASIC PLAN)

Abstract

While science and technology have expanded the sphere of human life, we now see conflicts and confusion all over the world. Technology is unable to social or personal problems that are not susceptible to quantitative formulation. The typically occidental character of technology could be complemented by oriental thoughts. A meeting in this line was held in 2003 where policymakers and scholars from China, Korea and Japan discussed those problems.