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technophilosophy

technophilosophy noun: the philosophy of technology.

Noun

technophilosophy (countable and uncountable, plural technophilosophies)

  1. The philosophy of technology.
    • Technophilosophy, as I shall call the philosophy of technology, was probably founded by Aristotle.1979, Mario Bunge, “The five buds of technophilosophy”, in Technology in Society, volume 1, number 1, →DOI, page 67
    • The question "What kinds of relationships is it appropriate to have with machines?" has been explored in science fiction and in technophilosophy.2004, Sherry Turkle, “Whither Psychoanalysis in Computer Culture”, in David M. Kaplan, editor, Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, Rowman & Littlefield, page 426

Forms of technophilosophy

pluraltechnophilosophies

Origin of technophilosophy

From techno- + philosophy.

Questions about technophilosophy

What does technophilosophy mean?
Technophilosophy means the philosophy of technology.
What part of speech is technophilosophy?
Technophilosophy is a noun.
What is the plural of technophilosophy?
The plural of technophilosophy is technophilosophies.

Words near technophilosophy in the dictionary

  1. technophilia
  2. technophilias
  3. technophilic
  4. technophilosophical
  5. technophilosophies
  6. technophilosophy
  7. technophobe
  8. technophobes
  9. technophobia
  10. technophobias
  11. technophobic

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