TECHNOSCIENCE AND DIGITALITY: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIONS

Abstract

In the article, the phenomenon of technoscience is investigated in the context of a mixed relationship with digitality at the modern stage in a philosophical-scientific aspect. The analysis reveals that "technoscience" represents a novel cognitive phenomenon, closely intertwined with the fundamental mechanisms of scientific comprehension as a whole. Therefore, it is essential to investigate technoscience by considering both its cognitive and socio-cultural dimensions within the philosophical-scientific framework. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that harnesses synergies can prove beneficial in this endeavor. In that context, the possibility of using the cognitive principle called "paradox of creativity" defined by one of the authors of the article is considered. For this, the principle of "double contingency" introduced by T. Parsons and also investigated by N. Luman and Y. Hui is applied. Scientific Purpose: The primary objective of the study is to attain a philosophical-scientific comprehension of the relationship between technoscience and digitality. Methodology: In the article, synergetic-centered interdisciplinary methodology was used. In this framework, the methodological principles of non-linearity, intersubjectivity, synergetic synthesis and formation are taken as the basis. Method: Differentiation of differences, synergistic synthesis of subsystems and double contingency methods are applied. Scientific Innovation: The study introduces a novel investigation of technoscience-digitality relations, employing the "paradox of creativity" as a guiding principle and viewing these relations through the lens of the "double contingency" rule of understanding.