https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2b64acece24495bee793cd8716484cc4.pdf 5b1bb23cecdff5d232163728a99cce25 PDF Text Text HIIAVAV AUKII CASPER COLLEGE SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR - MARCH 27& 28,1980 �"Illusions can last a very long time, especially when they are of the sort that cannot be tested, but there is always a probability that illusions that can be tested will eventually be found out and relabelled as error. Knowledge increases ... not by the direct perception of truth but by a relentless bias toward the perception of error. This is as true of folk knowledge as it is of science." Kenneth Boulding, "Science: Our Common Heritage" Science, 22 February 1980. "It is the business of the future to be dangerous... The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur." Alfred North Whitehead Adventures in Ideas �EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF THE HUMAN MIND CASPER COLLEGE SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR 27-28 MARCH 1980 �THURSDAY 27 MARCH S:45 A.M. Seminar Welcome: Dr. Lloyd Loftin, President of Casper College 9:00 A.M. DR. Durham Hall "Psychic Realities and Illusions: Basic Scientific Findings" 10:30 to 11:45 Durham Hall CHARLES TART PANEl^ WHAT IS IT? "The Parameters of the Paranormal" Moderator: Members: AD 198 HOLISTIC MEDICINE "Pills, Placebos, and the Paranormal" Moderator: Members: 10:00 to 12:00 Ben Roberts Commons Rob Wilkes Dr. Paul Kurtz James Randi Dr. Charles Tart Dr. James Walsh Bruce Tollefson Dr. E. Lee Brubaker Dr. Willis Harman Dr. LeRoy Strausner Dr. Edmund E. Wilkins FILMS "In Search of Ancient Astronauts" "The Case of the Ancient Astronauts" Following the address by Dr. Tart, coffee and doughnuts will be served in the lobby. �THURSDAY 27 MARCH 1:30 P.M. Durham Hall DR. PAUL KURTZ "The Paranormal: 3:00 to 4:15 Durham Hall PANELS HYPNOTIC PHENOMENA AND THE PARANORMAL "Journey through the Secret Life of the Mind" Moderator: Members: AD 198 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. Durham Hall Forrest E. Gillum Dr. Leo Sprinkle Dr. Charles Tart Dr. Bruce Tollefson RELIGION AND THE PARANORMAL "The Mystical Experience" Moderator: Members: Ben Roberts Commons Fact or Fiction?" David Cherry Dr. C. B. "Scott" Jones Parker Torrence Dr. Paul Kurtz FID1S "In Search of Ancient Astronauts" "The Case of the Ancient Astronauts" THE AMAZING RANDI "Science and the Chimera" �FRIDAY 28 MARCH 9:00 A.M. Durham Hall DR. JAMES WALSH "Experience, not Experiment" 10:30 to 11:45 Durham Hall PANELS THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF PARANORMAL BELIEFS: "Who Believes... and Why? Moderator: Members: AD 198 MARGINAL CLAIMS ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACT: "It Came from Outer Space" Moderator: Members: 10:00 to 12:00 Ben Roberts Commons Glenn Mitchell Dr. George Blau Dr. Jeff Eighmy Dr. Tony Glascock Dr. Willis Harman Russ Rauchfuss Dr. Leo Sprinkle Dr. Peter Van Arsdale E. Carl Higdon, Jr. Pat McGuire FILMS "In Search of Ancient Astronauts" "The Case of the Ancient Astronauts" �FRIDAY 28 MARCH 1:30 P.M. DR. WILLIS HARMAN Durham Hall "The Issue Behind the Issues" 3:00 to 4:15 CONCLUDING PANEL Durham Hall HOW GOOD IS THE EVIDENCE? "Science? Fiction?" Moderator: Members: C. B. "Scott" Jones Dr. Paul Kurtz Dr. Willis Harman James Randi Dr. Charles Tart Dr. James Walsh �DR. WILLIS HARWN Willis Harman is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Social Policy (Stanford Research Institute International) and Professor of Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1939, and an M.S. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1948. Through the 1960's Dr. Harman was active in the newly formed Association for Humanistic Psychology, serving as a member of the Executive Board and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. He entered the field of social policy and joined SRI in 1966. In 1978 Dr. Harman became president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, founded in 1973 by astronaut Edgar Mitchell to advance the state of knowledge regarding intuitive knowing, creativity, and subjective experience. His most recent book. An Incomplete Guide to the Future was published in 1979. 5 �DR. PAUL KURTZ Paul Kurtz received his B.A. from New York University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is former editor of The Humanist and is currently on the editorial board of the Skeptical Inquirer and the International Humanist and Ethical Union. His skepticism of claims regarding the occult led him to organize the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. He has written hundreds of articles. The most recent of his eighteen books are Exuberance (1977), The Fullness of Life (1974), The Humanist Alternative (editor, 1973), and Decision and Condition of Man (1965). �JAITS RANDI James Randi is a professional conjuror who has appeared throughout the world as "The Amazing Randi". His interest in the findings of parapsychology began when he was only fifteen. Ever since then, he has waged a battle with those who claim supernatural or "psychic" powers. Mr. Randi is the author of many articles for scientific periodicals and journals (Technology Review, La Recherche, New Scientist, The Huma^st, etc.) and his third book, Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns, Parapsychology and Other Delusions, is due this May from Lippincott and Crowell. His first book. The Magic of Uri Geller (1975) was effective in debunking the psychic status of Uri Geller. Mr. Randi is a founding member of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and is a member of the Inner Magic Circle of London. �DR. CHARLES TART Charles Tart received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. Presently he is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He has served on the editorial boards of Alterations in Awareness and Human Potentialities Annual, International Journal of Altered States of Consciousness, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Psi, and Psychoenergetic Systems: An International Journal. He has published a multitude of articles dealing with topics such as hypnosis, out-of-body experiences, drug-induced states of consciousness, and ESP. In addition, he has edited Altered States of Consciousness: A Book of Readings (1969? revised 1972), Transpe^onal Psychologi'e^( 1975), and Mind at Large (1979)~ His own books include States of Consciousness (1975), Learning to Use Extrasensory Perception~[T976), and Psi: Scientific Studies of the PsychTc Realm (1976yT 8 �DR. J/VtS WALSH James Walsh received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He has also done postdoctoral work sponsored by NIMH in computer applications in the behavioral sciences (at UCLA and the University of Washington) and in statistics (sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, at Stanford University). Dr. Walsh is a psychologist and statistician who is currently a professor of Psychology at the University of Montana. He has developed a psychological scale for measuring social learning in very young children; he has also done research in the area of personality measurement and computer simulation. Currently he is investigating statistical procedures for separating state and trait components in personality characteristics. Walsh reviews books on applied statistics for the journal Educational and Psychological Measurement and is a member of its editorial board. He has also reviewed psychological tests for O.K. Buros' Mental Measurements Yearbooks. 9 �PANEL MEMBERS DR. GEORGE BLAU, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Wyoming. B.A. University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D. and J.D., University of Wyoming. DR. E. LEE BRUBAKER, Family practice physician, Casper. Military Dependent School, Orleans, France. B.S., University of Wyoming; M.D. University of Tennessee; Board Certified as Diplomat, American Board of Family Practice. DR. JEFFREY L. EIGHMY, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colorado State University. B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Arizona. FORREST E. GILLUM, Instructor of Law Enforcement, Casper College. A.S., Casper College; B.S., Chadron State College. DR. ANTHONY GLASCOCK, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Wyoming. B.A., William College; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. E. CARL HIGDON, JR., Rawlins, Wyoming. DR. C.B. "SCOTT" JONES, Former Instructor of Political Science, Casper College. B.A., George Washington; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., American University. PAT MCGUIRE, Rancher, Bos1 er, Wyoming. GLENN MITCHELL, Instructor of Anthropology with the University of Wyoming at Casper. B.A., University of Texas; M.A. University of Michigan. RUSS RAUCHFUSS, Instructor of Business Law and Criminal Justice, Casper College. B.S. and J.D., University of Wyoming. 10 �DR. R. LEO SPRINKLE, Director, Division of Counseling and Testing, University of Wyoming. B.A., University of Colorado; M.P.S. and Ph.D., University of Missouri. DR. LEROY STRAUSNER, Director of Counseling Services, Casper College. A.A., Casper College; B.A. and M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Wyomi ng. DR. BRUCE TOLLEFSON, Chairman, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Casper College. B.A., St. Cloud State College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Wyoming. PARKER TORRENCE, Student, Casper College. Arts. Liberal DR. PETER VAN ARSDALE, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Denver University. B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Colorado. ROB WILKES, Instructor of Psychology, Casper College. B.S. and M.S., Iowa State University. DR. EDMUND E. WILKINS, Assistant Director, Wyoming Family Practice Residency Program at Casper, and Associate Professor in the College of Himian Medicine, University of Wyoming. B.S., University of California at Berkeley; M.D., Stanford School of Medicine. 11 �IN APPRECIATION The continued success of these seminars is due to the outstanding support of many groups and individuals. We would like to express our appreciation to the administration, faculty, and staff of Casper College whose constant backing makes the realization of these seminars possible. We would also like to thank the people from the community of Casper (and other parts of Wyoming) for your continuing interest, attendance, and participation. Thanks are also due to the Casper College Coquettes who are acting as seminar hostesses and to Wilhelm Ossa's art students who have devoted their time to creating posters and covers for the seminar; the cover chosen for this year's program was designed by Katherine Looney. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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