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(2018) French philosophy of technology, Dordrecht, Springer.
I have a long-standing relation with the noun "technoscience." In recent years, I have been concerned with its evolution and connotations, since the period when I first thought it up. This chapter presents a survey of the various uses, transfers and significations of the term. It makes a twofold claim (i) technoscientific research and development are conducted by a plural subject in need of a moral conscience; (ii) the study of technoscientific objects requires a methodological and operational materialism.Augmented version for this volume of an essay first published in French (Hottois G. La technoscience: de l'origine du mot à ses usages actuels. In: Goffi J-Y (ed) Regards sur les technosciences, Vrin, Paris, pp. 23–38, 2006). Translation by John Stewart, University of Technology Compiègne.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_8
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Hottois, G. (2018)., Technoscience: from the origin of the word to its current uses, in S. Loeve, X. Guchet & B. Bensaude-Vincent (eds.), French philosophy of technology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 121-138.
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