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                               Announcement


                          IHCMD Online Program

             Sustaining Human Existence in Changing Conditions,
                      Human Mental Existence and
               Human Conceptual and Mental Development

            Setting the Conceptual and Mental Conditions beyond
                    Religion, Philosophy and Science


                         Starting June 1, 2001


The Institute for Human Conceptual and Mental Development (IHCMD) is
presenting a free Online Program on Sustaining Human Existence, Changing
Conditions, Human Mental Existence and Human Conceptual and Mental
Development: Setting the Conceptual and Mental Conditions beyond Religion,
Philosophy and Science. The focus of the Program are human existence and
human development, persisting and growing human, social and environmental
problems and difficulties we face today globally, individually, as
societies and as a species, their nature and causes, answers and solutions.

The Program presents an alternative path of human development, an
alternative to continuing on the path of material-scientific-technological
development or returning to earlier theist-religious beliefs, values,
traditions and practices. Human existence and human development, problems
and difficulties are considered at a more fundamental level, in more
detailed, in-depth, differentiated and related ways. They are considered at
the level of human mental existence and human conceptual and mental
development. Problems and difficulties are considered, in the first
instance, in terms of demands and challenges of human mental existence and
limits and shortcomings in human conceptual and mental development. Answers
and solutions are considered in terms of the direction that we need to take
in human conceptual and mental development, the understanding, mental
skills and practices we must develop.

The Program will consider the fundamental nature and conditions, demands
and challenges of human mental existence and human conceptual and mental
development. It considers the historical path and direction of human
conceptual and mental self-development through the ages that has taken the
human species to where we find ourselves today. How today we understand and
manage human existence and human development, the understanding and the
mental skills and practices we develop and on which we rely, their limits,
shortcomings and problematic human, social and ecological results and
consequences. The Program, moreover, considers the direction in human
conceptual and mental development we need to take, individually and as a
species, to address to problems, difficulties and challenges we face;
understand and manage human existence and development in changing
conditions; sustain an expanding global human population in equitable ways
in narrowing natural parameters on the finite and limited natural material
resources base of the Earth within the boundaries and limits set by nature;
and not contribute further to the premature demise in the long term of the
human species at its own hands.

The Program consists of the presentation, consideration and discussion of a
series of discussion papers on two separate mailing lists. List 1 will be
for posting Program papers and raising questions of clarification with the
Program host about the issues raised and view presented in the Program
papers. List 2 will be for discussion of the issues with other participants.

The IHCMD Online Program is free of charge and there are no prerequisites
to participate. Participating requires nothing more than an open mind and
to subscribe to the appropriate Program List. For details and subscription
information, please go to the IHCMD web page at http://ihcmd.go.to, Online
Program 2001. For assistance or questions you may have about the Program,
please contact the Program host, Dr. Axel Dorscht, at <[log in to unmask]>.


Axel Dorscht
Program Host

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 Dr. Axel Dorscht, Head                  | Institute for Human Conceptual
 Tel: (613) 233-8354                     |  and Mental Development (IHCMD)
 E-mail: [log in to unmask]                    | 9 Second Avenue, Suite 2
 Website: http://go.to/ihcmd             | Ottawa, ON  K1S 2H2  Canada
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