Self-Assembly, Self-Organization: Nanotechnology and Vitalism |
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Authors: | Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent |
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Institution: | (1) Université Paris Ouest, 200 Avenue de la république, 92001 Nanterre, France |
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Abstract: | Over the past decades, self-assembly has attracted a lot of research attention and transformed the relations between chemistry,
materials science and biology. The paper explores the impact of the current interest in self-assembly techniques on the traditional
debate over the nature of life. The first section describes three different research programs of self-assembly in nanotechnology
in order to characterize their metaphysical implications: (1) Hybridization (using the building blocks of living systems for
making devices and machines) ; (2) Biomimetics (making artifacts mimicking nature); (3) Integration (a composite of the two
previous strategies). The second section focused on the elusive boundary between self-assembly and self-organization tries
to map out the various positions adopted by the promoters of self-assembly on the issue of vitalism.
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Keywords: | Biomimetics Hybridization Bionanotechnology Nature and artifact Chemistry Biology Cybernetics |
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