Knowledge as a factor of consolidation and development of society

Authors

  • Anatolii I. Levko Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Keywords:

knowledge, information, culture, consciousness, rationality, anthropology of knowledge, sociology of knowledge, praxeology of knowledge, typology of sciences, I-concept

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the existing theoretical-methodological paradigms, scientific disciplines and concepts of historical and modern research of knowledge as an important social-cultural factor of consolidation and development of society. It shows the dependence of the existing forms of gaining knowledge, including education, on the correlation of knowledge with information, human needs and culture of society. There is substantiated the need of the sociological diagnosis of time as an effective way to solve the existing problems and the main condition of building adequate scientific systems and models of education.

Author Biography

  • Anatolii I. Levko, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    doctor of science (sociology), full professor; principal researcher

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Published

2019-03-12

Issue

No. 1 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

Section

To Know so that to Foresee...

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How to Cite

[1]
Levko, A.I. 2019. Knowledge as a factor of consolidation and development of society. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Mar. 2019), 21–29.