EQUIPMENT: BIOS TECHNIKA

Equipment (paraskeuē), though conceptual in design and formulation, is pragmatic in use. Equipment composed of truth claims, affects and ethical orientations has historically taken different forms. It enables practical responses to changing conditions brought about by specific problems, events and general reconfigurations. The challenge of a contemporary anthropology is to invent and experiment with new forms of relating truth practices and ethics. The question what is a worthwhile soteriological, philosophic and anthropological practice today?