Thought and Ethics

Germany / June 18, 1929
Philosopher; Professor Emeritus, University of Frankfurt

Workshop

Moderator:
Atsushi Aiba (Member, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies)

1:00	Opening Address	Megumi Sakabe (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Professor, Faculty of Letters, Obirin University)
	Introduction to the Laureate	Atsushi Aiba
	Laureate Lecture	Jürgen Habermas "Freedom and Determinism—Is Human 'Freedom of Will' an Illusion?"
	Intermission
	Panel Discussion	"Freedom and Determinism-Is Human 'Freedom of Will' an Illusion?" Coordinator: Ken'ichi Mishima (Professor, Tokyo Keizai University; Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)
	Lecture	Shin-Ichi Nishikawa (Deputy Director, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN) "Bioscience as Ideology"
	Lecture	Shunsuke Kadowaki (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo) "Freedom and the 'Space of Reasons'"
	Lecture	Masahiko Mizutani (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University) "Conditions of Communicative Freedom: Position of 'Layman' in the Technological Arguemen"
	Discussion	Moderator: Ken'ichi Mishima Panelists: Jürgen Habermas Atsushi Aiba, Shunsuke Kadowaki, Masahiko Mizutani and Shin-Ichi Nishikawa
	Q & A Session
5:30	Closing