Gilbert Hottois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gilbert Hottois

Belgian philosopher

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1946

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 16-Mar-2019

Profession: philosopher, science fiction writer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Gilbert Hottois (29 March 1946 – 16 March 2019) 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