Conocimiento científico social sobre el conocimiento

Nico Stehr

doi:10.33064/49crscsh4554

Authors

Nico Stehr Zeppelin University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4402-9679

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/49crscsh4554

Keywords:

knowledge, science, knowledge society, social action, algorithm

Abstract

Knowledge does not exist as an isolated "piece." Knowledge exists in an aggregated collective state. I define knowledge as a capacity for social action and as a model of reality, as the possibility of putting "something in motion", for example, solving a task, producing a material object such as a semiconductor chip, or being competent to prevent it from happening. something, for example, the appearance of a disease. In this sense, knowledge is a universal human phenomenon, or an anthropological constant. This definition of the term "knowledge" is indebted to Francis Bacon's famous observation that knowledge is power, a somewhat misleading translation of Bacon's Latin phrase: scientia potential est. A basic assumption should be that knowledge is not practical a priori. The transformation of knowledge as the ability to act into practical knowledge requires congenial circumstances, such as power or authority that dictates the concrete conditions for action. In this context, it is useful to ask about the increasingly prominent role of algorithms (intellectual technology) in relation to knowledge, such as the ChatGPT software, as well as the controversial question of the existence of a kind of knowledge and the notion of cultural capital.

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Author Biography

Nico Stehr, Zeppelin University

Nico Stehr (nico.stehr@t-online.de) , "Profesor Karl Mannheim de Estudios Culturales" en la Universidad Zeppelin en Friedrichshafen, Alemania. Director fundador del Centro Europeo para la Investigación sobre la Sostenibilidad. Sus intereses de investigación se centran en la transformación de las sociedades modernas en sociedades del conocimiento y los desarrollos asociados en diferentes instituciones sociales de la sociedad moderna. (ORCID 0000-0002-4402-9679).

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