UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPANSION OF RATIONALITY AND "DIGITAL COGNITIVE EXPANSION": AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

Given the widespread use of digitalization across a variety of societal sectors, the question of the unity and integrity of scientific knowledge is becoming more important. The maintenance of knowledge's unity develops into a serious epistemological issue. This question is examined in the paper from a philosophical-scientific standpoint against the backdrop of the use of new digital technologies. It is shown that contemporary epistemological paradigms are directly tied to the creation and functionalization of knowledge. Epistemology of virtue holds a unique position among them. In the framework of this epistemology, the study of concepts such as rational acceptability, rational expansion, and digital cognitive expansion in interaction is relevant. The article explores how knowledge is generated and utilized in the context of contemporary digitalization, highlighting it as a multifaceted
and diverse procedure. Scientific Purpose. Attaining a philosophical-scientific understanding within the cognitive-social-cultural environment, where knowledge generation is intricately intertwined, by examining it through the perspective of the epistemological phenomenon called "digital cognitive expansion." Methodology. Interdisciplinary methodology is applied in the article. Methodological principles of intersubjectivity, synergetic integration, and cognitive expansion are applied specifically for this. Method. Methods of comparative analysis and synergistic synthesis are used. Scientific Innovation. The formation of scientific knowledge was investigated in the context of the concept of "digital cognitive expansion" within the framework of virtue epistemology.