SCIENCE OF SCIENCE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE AS A DIRECTION OF THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Keywords:
science of science, methodology, theory, Azerbaijan, history of scienceAbstract
Science is the highest stage of human mental development, the pinnacle of his culture and the basis of achievements. It is also a form of social consciousness, which is a sphere of human activity and has the function of developing and systematizing objective knowledge about reality. The history of the development of science can be assessed as the process of evolution of human thought and human society as a whole. One of the important stages in the development of science is the accumulation of knowledge in different areas within the appropriate framework, which is the basis for the formation of different areas of science. It is this stage that can be considered as the first stage in the development of the history of science. At the stages of socio-historical development, science and various scientific knowledge have enriched and underwent a deeper differentiation. This Paper deals with these problems which is an important factor in the development of science/