Gilbert Hottois

Gilbert Hottois (29 March 1946 – 16 March 2019)[1] was a Belgian professor of philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles who specialised in Bioethics.

Hottois was born in Brussels. His positions included:

  • Vice-Président of the Association des Sociétés de Philosophie de Langue Française (ASPLF) (2002–) ;
  • Member of the Advisory Board of " Utopean studies " (St Louis, Miss., USA) ;
  • President of the Société Belge de Philosophie (1990–1993) ;
  • Founder member and vice-président (1990–) of the Société pour la philosophie de la technique (Paris) ; Président (1997–1999) ;
  • Member of the Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (2003–) ;

He was chair of the programme committee of the 2008 World Congress of Philosophy