Biologically Informed Disciplines: A comparative analysis of terminology within the fields of bionics, biomimetics, and biomimicry

This thesis represents a stepping stone towards a complementary approach to research and education in biologically informed disciplines through the lens of bionics, biomimetics, and biomimicry terminology.;This thesis offers a fundamental understanding of the field of biologically informed disciplines from theoretical and practical perspectives by bringing together opinions of researchers and practitioners within the field, presenting experiments that illustrate practical applications of methodologies used in the field, and offering a comprehensive analysis of terms related to it along with suggestions for future research.;Keywords: Bionics, Biomimetics, Biomimicry, Interdisciplinary, Discourse, Biologically Informed Discipline.;For the purpose of developing this approach, the author looks at past and current contexts in which the three fields have emerged and identifies three issues: an absence of common ground that unites the fields of bionics, biomimetics, and biomimicry while recognizing their contextual differences, a non-standardized use of the terminology that leads to ambiguity within the field of biologically informed disciplines, an incomplete and disorganized historical and contextual knowledge about the field that inhibits a common starting ground for collaboration, and confuses non-scientists who seek biological understanding that could provide them with an informed voice.