Technoscience, the Glossary
In common usage, technoscience refers to the entire long-standing and global human activity of technology, combined with the relatively recent scientific method that occurred primarily in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.[1]
Table of Contents
49 relations: Agriculture, Aldrin, Animal husbandry, Bernard Stiegler, Biofact (philosophy), Biotechnology, Biphenol, Bruno Latour, Chemist, Chlorofluorocarbon, Computer science, Critical thinking, DDT, Dieldrin, Don Ihde, Donna Haraway, Elections in the United States, Ethics of technology, Feminist technoscience, Gaston Bachelard, Genetically modified organism, Gilbert Hottois, History of science, Hudson River, Human behavior, Hunting, Innovation, John Law (sociologist), Karen Barad, Knowledge, Knowledge representation and reasoning, Laboratory Life, Open access, Open peer review, Ozone layer, Pesticide, Philosophy, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Robotics, Science and technology studies, Scientific method, Sociology, Sociology of scientific knowledge, Techne, Technocriticism, Technoetics, Technology, Theoretical physics, United States Congress.
Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
See Technoscience and Agriculture
Aldrin
Aldrin is an organochlorine insecticide that was widely used until the 1990s, when it was banned in most countries.
Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.
See Technoscience and Animal husbandry
Bernard Stiegler
Bernard Stiegler (Seine-et-Oise, France 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher.
See Technoscience and Bernard Stiegler
Biofact (philosophy)
In philosophy and sociology, a biofact is a being that is both an artifact and living being, or both natural and artificial.
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Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services.
See Technoscience and Biotechnology
Biphenol
In organic chemistry, a biphenol refers to compounds with the formula (C6H4OH)2.
See Technoscience and Biphenol
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
See Technoscience and Bruno Latour
Chemist
A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchemist) is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field.
Chlorofluorocarbon
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are fully or partly halogenated hydrocarbons that contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), chlorine (Cl), and fluorine (F), produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and propane.
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Computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation.
See Technoscience and Computer science
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.
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DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride.
Dieldrin
Dieldrin is an organochlorine compound originally produced in 1948 by J. Hyman & Co, Denver, as an insecticide.
See Technoscience and Dieldrin
Don Ihde
Don Ihde (January 14, 1934 – January 17, 2024) was an American philosopher of science and technology.
See Technoscience and Don Ihde
Donna Haraway
Donna J. Haraway is an American professor emerita in the history of consciousness and feminist studies departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology studies.
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Elections in the United States
In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels.
See Technoscience and Elections in the United States
Ethics of technology
The ethics of technology is a sub-field of ethics addressing the ethical questions specific to the Technology Age, the transitional shift in society wherein personal computers and subsequent devices provide for the quick and easy transfer of information.
See Technoscience and Ethics of technology
Feminist technoscience
Feminist technoscience is a transdisciplinary branch of science studies which emerged from decades of feminist critique on the way gender and other identity markers are entangled in the combined fields of science and technology. Technoscience and feminist technoscience are science studies.
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Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard (27 June 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher.
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Genetically modified organism
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.
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Gilbert Hottois
Gilbert Hottois (29 March 1946 – 16 March 2019) was a Belgian professor of philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles who specialised in Bioethics.
See Technoscience and Gilbert Hottois
History of science
The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. Technoscience and history of science are science studies.
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Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.
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Human behavior
Human behavior is the potential and expressed capacity (mentally, physically, and socially) of human individuals or groups to respond to internal and external stimuli throughout their life.
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Hunting
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.
Innovation
Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. Technoscience and Innovation are science and technology studies.
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John Law (sociologist)
John Law (born 16 May 1946), is a sociologist and science and technology studies scholar, currently on the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University.
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Karen Barad
Karen Michelle Barad (born 29 April 1956) is an American feminist theorist and physicist, known particularly for their theory of agential realism.
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Knowledge
Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill.
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Knowledge representation and reasoning
Knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR, KR&R, KR²) is the field of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to representing information about the world in a form that a computer system can use to solve complex tasks such as diagnosing a medical condition or having a dialog in a natural language.
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Laboratory Life
Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts is a 1979 book by sociologists of science Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar.
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Open access
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers.
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Open peer review
Open peer review is the various possible modifications of the traditional scholarly peer review process.
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Ozone layer
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.
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Pesticide
Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests.
See Technoscience and Pesticide
Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.
See Technoscience and Philosophy
Polychlorinated biphenyl
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.
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Robotics
Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots.
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Science and technology studies
Science and technology studies (STS) or science, technology, and society is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts. Technoscience and science and technology studies are science studies.
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Scientific method
The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
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Sociology of scientific knowledge
The sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) is the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing with "the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity." The sociology of scientific ignorance (SSI) is complementary to the sociology of scientific knowledge. Technoscience and sociology of scientific knowledge are science studies.
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Techne
In Ancient Greek philosophy, techne is a philosophical concept that refers to making or doing.
Technocriticism
Technocriticism is a branch of critical theory devoted to the study of technological change.
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Technoetics
Technoetics is a neologism introduced by Roy Ascott, who coined the term from techne and noetic theory, to refer to the emergent field of technology and consciousness research.
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Technology
Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.
See Technoscience and Technology
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict natural phenomena.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technoscience
Also known as Technoscientific, Technoscientist.