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A synthesis of the Social System of Science according to Niklas Luhmann

Authors

  • Gerardo D. Sánchez Romero University of Copenhagen

Abstract

The following present science as a social system in the light of the conceptual organization of the theory of functionally differentiated systems of Niklas Luhmann by using a monographic exposition capable to develop some of the basic approaches that play a crucial role in the explanation of this functional subsystem. Hence, the text is divided as follows: 1) Knowledge, 2) True 3) Science as a social system, 4) Accurate reductions and, 5) Science and society, where in each section emerge intrinsic conceptual elements as: observation, reality, reflection, trust, hierarchy, hypothesis, operational closure, theories, methods, publications, structural drifts and disciplines, all of them shaping the theoretical architecture that interpret science as a social system within the society.

Keywords:

knowledge, true, science, autology, autopoiesis

Author Biography

Gerardo D. Sánchez Romero, University of Copenhagen

Sociólogo

The SAXO Institute
University of Copenhagen