Technoscientia est Potentia?: Contemplative, interventionist, constructionist and creationist idea(l)s in...

Area of Science:

• Technoscience
• Nano-bio-info-cogno (NBIC) fields

Background:

• The concept of 'power to change the world' is frequently discussed in technosciences.
• This power can be viewed as rhetorical or as a fundamental characteristic of technoscience.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the nexus between science and technology within technoscience.
• To present different technoscientific methods for world-changing interventions.

Main Methods:

• Theoretical analysis of technoscience.
• Empirical investigation of technoscientific practices.
• Overview of methods: contemplation, representation, intervention, control, engineering, construction, and creation.

Main Results:

• Technoscience involves a unique integration of the epistemic and constructionist realms.
• Identified diverse technoscientific approaches to enacting change.
• Highlighted the hybrid nature of technoscience.

Conclusions:

• The inherent hybridity of technoscience blurs the lines between knowledge production and real-world impact.
• Current science and technology policies require fundamental re-evaluation in light of technoscience's transformative capabilities.