Boundary Issues in Bionanotechnology: Editorial Introduction
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That a journal for the philosophy of chemistry such as Hyle devotes several issues to nanotechnology does not mean that nanotechnology would overtake chemistry, as Eric K Drexler boldly predicted when he claimed that molecular manufacture would relegate current chemical technologies in the prehistory of mankind, along with chipping flint (Drexler 1986, p. 4). Rather nanotechnology is only one potential future for chemistry. In reality, a number of research pathways developed over the last decades of the twentieth century – catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, biomimetic chemistry, soft chemistry, etc. – paved the way for nanotechnology and are sometimes relabeled nanochemistry. They are of special interest because they create new interactions with biology. The interface between bio and nanotechnology is at the core of the set of papers here presented. They came out of a research program supported by the French Agence nationale de la recherche scientifique called ‘Nanobioethics’ (ANR NT05-4_44955 ‘Biotechnologies et nanotechnologies: enjeux éthiques et philosophiques’). Whilst a second set of papers dealing with ethical aspects will come in a forthcoming issue, this one is focused on boundary issues.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009