autoscience
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/ˌɔːtəˈsaɪəns/
self + systematic knowledge (or automated scientific practice)
Etymology
'autoscience' originates from a modern English compound of Greek and Latin elements: the Greek prefix 'auto-' (from 'autos' meaning 'self') combined with 'science' (from Latin 'scientia' meaning 'knowledge').
'autoscience' is a recent coinage in modern English formed by compounding 'auto-' + 'science'; it does not have a long historical attestation and emerged in late 20th to early 21st century usage in technical and academic contexts.
As a neologism, it initially named either the idea of 'science about the self' or 'automated scientific practice'; over time both senses have been used and the primary sense depends on context (technology vs. philosophy).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a body or practice of scientific investigation carried out largely or entirely by automated systems, algorithms, or artificial intelligence (automated science).
Recent advances in autoscience allow laboratory robots and machine-learning models to design, run, and interpret experiments with minimal human input.
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Noun 2
a theoretical or interdisciplinary field concerned with the systematic study of the self (self-knowledge viewed as a scientific discipline).
Some philosophers have proposed autoscience as a framework for integrating psychology, neuroscience, and first-person methods.
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