Conceptual Delimitations related to the Philosophical Approaches on Synthetic Biology

Olivia Macovei ()
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Olivia Macovei: PhD Student, Doctoral School of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania

Logos Universalitate Mentalitate Educatie Noutate - Sectiunea Filosofie si Stiinte umaniste/ Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty - Section: Philosophy and Humanistic Sciences, 2020, vol. 8, issue 2, 83-104

Abstract: Synthetic biology is an area of ​​technological development and innovative scientific research at the crossroads between biology and technology (bioengineering), that aims to create artificial living systems, either by redesigning living systems that already exist in the natural environment, or by producing organic systems that are quasi-biological, which emulate organic life. A number of research methods and technologies are incorporated in the development of synthetic biology, including genetic engineering, molecular biology and bio-molecular engineering, biophysics, chemical engineering, evolutionary biology, computer and computing engineering, genetics etc. The article aims to analyze the meanings of the term synthetic biology and the technological path that made the emergence of synthetic biology possible, the technological applications of synthetic biology, and starting from all this, to present a series of philosophical perspectives on synthetic biology.

Keywords: synthetic biology; philosopy of technology; technoethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.18662/lumenphs/8.2/47

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