Exploring the Effect of Emerging Technologies on Scientific Knowledge Production and the Industrial Advancement of Society

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-37
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Prida Díaz ◽  
Jesus Pedro Zamora Bonilla
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Empirical Logic ◽  
Scientific Knowledge Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Features

The main application area of the digital transformation has been so far on the industrial and manufacturing process. Nevertheless, the concept Industry 4.0 has enormous potential in other areas such as its combination with the scientific method and the empirical logic. The term technoscience, coined in the second half of the 20th century, links both fields, the technological and the scientific field, establishing a joint growth where scientific knowledge takes advantage (and requires) of a technological infrastructure in order to advance. This chapter proposes to analyze some of the most relevant concepts in these matters in order to provide a more philosophical approach to technology, its effect on the proper engineering and scientific knowledge, and what some of the social features are that are inferred from these emerging technologies.

scholarly journals Socio-epistemic analysis of scientific knowledge production in little science research

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Pepe
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Epistemic Practices ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
Scientific Knowledge Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conference Papers

The processes that drive knowledge production and dissemination in scientific environments are embedded within the social, technical, cultural and epistemic practices of the constituent research communities. This article presents a methodology to unpack specific social and epistemic dimensions of scientific knowledge production using, as a case study,  the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS), a National Science Foundation “little science” research center involved in theoretical and applied work in the field of wireless communication and sensor networks. By analysis of its scholarly record, I construct a social network of coauthorship, linking individuals that have coauthored scholarly artifacts (journal articles and conference papers), and an epistemic network of topic co-occurrence, linking concepts and knowledge constructs in the same scholarly artifacts. This article reports on ongoing work directed at the study of the emergence and evolution of these networks of scientific interaction. I present some preliminary results and introduce a socio-epistemic method for an historical analysis of network co-evolution. I outline a research design to support further investigations of knowledge production in scientific circles.

scholarly journals Contributos para o debate da epistemologia em Serviço Social

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
Jorge Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Epistemological Obstacles ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

«Contributos para o debate da Epistemologia do Serviço Social» enquanto área de saber autónomo no quadro das ciências sociais consiste num questionamento sobre o Serviço Social e a sua Epistemologia. Reflecte ainda sobre a construção da teoria do Serviço Social incorporando um método reflexivo na definição e clarificação do objecto de estudo e de intervenção desta área de saber. Desenvolvemos uma análise facilitadora da compreensão da distinção do conhecimento comum do conhecimento científico em Serviço Social. Identificamos ainda o conjunto de obstáculos epistemológicos no Serviço Social motivando um debate aprofundado sobre os princípios e fundamentos teóricos do Serviço Social como área científica do conhecimento contemporâneo. «Contributions to the discussion of Social Work Epistemology» as an autonomous area of knowledge within the Social Sciences is a question about Social Work and its epistemology. It reflects on the construction of the theory of Social Work incorporating a reflective method in defining and clarifying the subject of study and intervention in this area of ​​knowledge. We developed an analysis facilitates understanding of the distinction between common knowledge of scientific knowledge in social work. Has identified a set of epistemological obstacles in Social Work, motivating a discussion on the principles and theoretical foundations of social work as a scientific field of contemporary knowledge

The social context of scientific knowledge production and the problem of demarcation

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Volonté
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Origin ◽  
Social Mechanism ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Knowledge Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
Demarcation Criteria

In this paper, I wish to face the old problem of demarcation from a new point of view. I aim at pointing out that there are distinction criteria between scientific and non-scientific knowledge. I intend to investigate whether it is possible to define demarcation criteria by studying the social dimension of science. There are social necessities, which force the scientific production of knowledge to distinguish itself from non-scientific production. Science is not what scientists freely decide it should be, but what they are compelled to acknowledge it is. The paper discusses the nature of this constraint, which has a social origin but is also capable to be reflected on the cognitive contents of science. Through a discussion of the theories of Bruno Latour and Pierre Bourdieu, attention is drawn on the cycle of credibility as the crucial social mechanism determining scientific knowledge.

Resistances to scientific knowledge production of comparative measurements of dropout and completion in European higher education

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Carlhed
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Statistical Reasoning ◽  
Scientific Knowledge Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Limited Basis ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Student Completion

The article is a critical sociological analysis of current transnational practices on creating comparable measurements of dropout and completion in higher education and the consequences for the conditions of scientific knowledge production on the topic. The analysis revolves around questions of epistemological, methodological and symbolic types and, in particular, how the social processes in the creation and use of different measures offer researchers different positions in the knowledge production. Descriptions of statistics and measurements from statistics agencies in Sweden and the UK and from the OECD, EUROSTAT and Eurydice, as well as policy texts and data collection manuals from European Union bodies, have been compared and analysed. Particular interest is directed towards examples of measures used in Sweden and the UK. The results suggest that available data on student completion offers only a very limited basis for research-driven comparative analysis. It offers also a problematisation of the notions of researchers seen as users or producers of data and different position takings in statistical reasoning in using statistics as for example different types of evidence for policymaking.

scholarly journals Sociologia do conhecimento em Mannheim, Bloor e Bourdieu: alguns princípios teóricos e metodológicos

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Hochsprung Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Elementary Principals ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Sociology Of Knowledge ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Karl Mannheim ◽  
The Social

Esse artigo discute as ideias e princípios metodológicos fundamentais da sociologia do conhecimento proposta por Karl Mannheim, David Bloor e Pierre Bourdieu. A compreensão do nexo entre o conhecimento e sua posição social, a concepção da construção social do conhecimento científico e o estudo da razão das lutas travadas no campo científico correspondem a propostas diferentes a respeito do procedimento de pesquisa em sociologia do conhecimento as quais esse artigo pretende esclarecer. Ao mesmo tempo, aproximando-se dos conhecimentos elementares das propostas de cada autor, identificam-se desafios comuns entre os autores ao tentarem compor seu plano metodológico para a sociologia do conhecimento, dentre eles a incontornável condição de reflexividade desses estudos que exige que a própria sociologia submeta-se ao escrutínio da condição social da produção de seu conhecimento. Palavras-chave: Sociologia do Conhecimento; Reflexividade; Objeto e método; Karl Mannheim; David Bloor; Pierre Bourdieu.This article discuss the fundamental ideas of Karl Mannheim, David Bloor, and Pierre Bourdieu about the social study of knowledge. The study of nexus between knowledge and its social position, the conception of social construction of scientific knowledge and the study of struggles in the scientific field correspond to different proposals and procedures in sociology of knowledge discussed by the authors. However, approaching the elementary principals of the sociology of knowledge, we can see a common difficulty in trying to compose a methodological plan for the sociology of knowledge, the inescapable condition of reflexivity in the social studies of knowledge as proposed by Mannheim, Bloor and Bourdieu.Keywords: Sociology of Knowledge; Methods; Concepts, Reflexivity; Karl Mannheim; David Bloor; Pierre Bourdieu.

THE VALUE CHAIN OF COMPETENCY MODEL FOR VIETNAMESE EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS IN THE INDUSTRY 4.0 REVOLUTION ERA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thi My Hanh ◽  
Luis Alfaro ◽  
Tran Phuong Thao
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Model Of Competency ◽  
Personal Competencies

This world is constantly changing and rapidly moving,-particular in the Industry 4.0 revolution, people must change to follow and keeping with this new trend. Education is the human foundation toward the “Truth - Good - Beautiful”, and comprehensive development of personal competencies as knowledge, skills and behaviors. A nation, such as Vietnam, if they want to integrate into global economy and affirming their position, they will need the “Talented - Virtuous” human resource who could meet the high demand of society. The purpose of this study was to propose a model of competency value chain at individual level for the educational managers, analyzing some factors of this value chain model and how to apply to Vietnamese education system in the fourth Industry era. The authors wanted to focus on the social value added that the educational managers’competency could bring as the result of this research.

The transformation of the Russian notary in the new economic realities

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
KONSTANTIN A. KORSIK ◽  
◽  
ANASTASIYA A. PARFENCHIKOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The State ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
World Development

The article is devoted to the review of current changes in the legislation on notaries related to the development of electronic civil circulation, analysis of existing digital risks and assessment of the role of notaries in combating them. In modern economic realities, a significant expansion of the sphere of competence of the notary is carried out by introducing completely new notarial actions into the scope of the notary’s terms of reference. At the same time, the notary does not just follow the general ‘digital’ trend, but independently makes significant efforts to effectively perform the tasks of the social sphere regulator assigned to it by the state. The creation of the Unified Notary Information System as part of the formation of the technological infrastructure to ensure the security and stability of legal relations in the context of electronic civil circulation takes to a new level the quality of notarial services and the security of legally relevant information. The role of notaries significantly increases in conditions when the use of digital technologies in the economy, public administration, social sphere becomes one of the main vectors of world development, and society and the state inevitably face the flip side of this process – digital risks that jeopardize the safety of participants in civil turnover and their property. In 2020, as part of the implementation of the national program ‘Digital Economy’, it is planned to introduce a number of innovations that will create the basis for a stable and secure ‘digital’ turnover.

scholarly journals Post-Islamism and Intellectual Production: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Evolution of Contemporary Islamic Thought

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Mohamed Amine Brahimi ◽  
Houssem Ben Lazreg
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Islamic Reform ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Thinking Differently ◽  
Intellectual Production ◽  
Representative Samples

The advent of the 1990s marked, among other things, the restructuring of the Muslim world in its relation to Islam. This new context has proved to be extremely favorable to the emergence of scholars who define themselves as reformists or modernists. They have dedicated themselves to reform in Islam based on the values of peace, human rights, and secular governance. One can find an example of this approach in the works of renowned intellectuals such as Farid Esack, Mohamed Talbi, or Mohamed Arkoun, to name a few. However, the question of Islamic reform has been debated during the 19th and 20th centuries. This article aims to comprehend the historical evolution of contemporary reformist thinkers in the scientific field. The literature surrounding these intellectuals is based primarily on content analysis. These approaches share a type of reading that focuses on the interaction and codetermination of religious interpretations rather than on the relationships and social dynamics that constitute them. Despite these contributions, it seems vital to question this contemporary thinking differently: what influence does the context of post-Islamism have on the emergence of this intellectual trend? What connections does it have with the social sciences and humanities? How did it evolve historically? In this context, the researchers will analyze co-citations in representative samples to illustrate the theoretical framework in which these intellectuals are located, and its evolution. Using selected cases, this process will help us to both underline the empowerment of contemporary Islamic thought and the formation of a real corpus of works seeking to reform Islam.

EUPHEMISM AS A UNIT OF LANGUAGE THAT SHOWS NATIONAL AND MENTAL ORIGINALITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Г.К. Сафарова
Keyword(s):  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Features ◽  
Cultural Similarity

Мақолада тилнинг социал хусусиятларидан бири бўлган тил бирликларининг эвфемик қўлланиши, эвфемик ҳодисалар, улар ўртасидаги тил ва маданият муштараклиги хусусида сўз боради. Лисоний бирликларни контекст, нутқ вазияти билан боғлаб ўрганишгина уларнинг маъносини тўғри тушунишга тўлиқ имконият яратиши, бу эса социолингвистик билимларнинг заруратини белгилаши таъкидланади. Эвфемизмлардаги маданий ўхшашликлар уларга юкланган вазифаларнинг бир хиллигидан келиб чиқиши қайд этилади. Нутқда эвфемизмлардан фойдаланиш кўп ҳолларда муайян жамиятда белгиланган қадриятлар, этикет нормалари ва ижтимоий маданий нутқий меъёрларга боғлиқ бўлиши ҳақида хулоса берилади. В статье говорится об эвфемическом применении языковых единиц, которые являются одной из социальных особенностей языка, эвфемических явлений, общности языка и культуры между ними. Отмечается, что изучение связи языковых единиц с контекстом, ситуацией речи только дает полную возможность правильно понять их значение, что определяет необходимость социолингвистических знаний. Отмечается, что культурное сходство эвфемизмов проистекает из единообразия поставленных перед ними задач. Делается вывод о том, что употребление эвфемизмов в речи часто зависит от ценностей, сложившихся в том или ином обществе, норм этикета и социокультурных речевых норм. The article deals with the euphemic use of language units, which are one of the social features of the language, euphemic phenomena, the commonality of language and culture between them. It is noted that the study of the connection of language units with the context, the situation of speech only gives a full opportunity to correctly understand their meaning, which determines the need for sociolinguistic knowledge. It is noted that the cultural similarity of euphemisms stems from the uniformity of the tasks assigned to them. It is concluded that the use of euphemisms in speech often depends on the values that have developed in a particular society, the norms of etiquette and socio-cultural speech norms.

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