This papers were presented in a joint colloquium co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy of National Cheng Chi University and the Institu für Wissenschaftstheorie und Wissenschaftsforchung of the University of Vienna.

In the search to respond to the urgent and increasing needs of human life science must play a crucial role. However, if poorly conceived in a way that excludes the role of human subjectivity, freedom and creativity, the role of the human person can be reduced to that of a calculator or automation resulting in a dehumanized world.

Deep gratitude is expressed to the authors from Taiwan and from Austria for their efforts to overcome this danger and to develop a more appropriate mode of science education.

These papers were presented in a joint colloquium co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy of National Cheng Chi University and the Institut fur Wissenschaftstheorie und Wissenschaftsforchung of the University of Vienna. Thanks are due to Professor Fritz Wallner and his colleagues for their warm cooperation, and to the Chinese colleagues for their insightful contributions. Gratitude is expressed also to the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for its generous financial support in the publication of this volume, and to Professor George McLean, whose enthusiastic cooperation and insightful vision has made possible this common project. The preparation of this manuscript has been the special gift of Hu Yeping with Linda Perez and Nancy Graham, to all of whom deep gratitude is due.