Technos

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The technological means.

    "But confusion persists because of the more contentious issue between the technos and the telos of music and art making in general, the instruments versus the purposes to which they are put, the means and the ends."

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"But confusion persists because of the more contentious issue between the technos and the telos of music and art making in general, the instruments versus the purposes to which they are put, the means and the ends."

Etymology

From technology, by analogy with telos. The actual etymon of technology is τέχνη (tékhnē).

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