The 2008 Laureates / Arts and Philosophy / Thought and Ethics
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Charles Margrave Taylor

Canada / Nobember 5, 1931
Philosopher
Professor Emeritus, McGill University

"Construction of a Social Philosophy to Pursue the Coexistence of Diverse Cultures"
Dr. Taylor is an outstanding philosopher who advocates communitarianism and multiculturalism from the perspective of holistic individualism. He has pointed the future course for us through his own life, envisioning the future in which diverse, heterogeneous cultures peacefully coexist upon mutual recognition.

Workshop

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Symposium:"A Secular Age and After —Secularization and Modernity—"

Coordinator and Supervisor
Heita Kawakatsu(Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee in Arts and Philosophy; President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)

13:00
Opening Address
Heita Kawakatsu
 
Introduction of Laureate
Heita Kawakatsu
 
Laureate Lecture
Charles Margrave Taylor (the Laureate in Arts and Philosophy)
"Master Narratives of Secularity"
 
Intermission
 
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Heita Kawakatsu
Panelists: Charles Margrave Taylor
Shozo Iijima (Professor, Senior Dean, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
Tatsuo Inoue (Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo)
Tomohiko Tanaka (Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Yasuo Tsuji (Professor, School of Law, Hokkaido University)
Takamitsu Nakano (Research Lecturer, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chiba University)
17:00
Closing