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The article suggests looking at the problems of science in the knowledge economy through the prism of sociological and philosophical analysis. The author presents a brief analysis of the concepts of knowledge society and knowledge economy as well as the problems faced by science in politics, economy and society. Two important question arise: 1. what methodology shall one use to analyze these concepts and to identify their specific features and structure, and 2. what is the philosophical and sociological status of these concepts and what are the mechanisms of transition to this society. This problem is closely related to ontological issues, as it is of great axiological value and is focused on innovation and progress. Among ontological aspects we can name innovation dynamics and its impact. Development of cognitive abilities in communities has been insufficiently studied by the humanities, social and natural sciences. Knowledge society is a society focused on knowledge production where mental work is of more importance than physical one, human labour is replaced by automated technology and political discourse is formed by scientific expertise. Knowledge society is a network community; social transformations and discourses are being moved to network communities. Complication and rationalization of society, transition to knowledge society give rise to problems new to the scientific community. The fact that one cannot predetermine or predict social transformations also becomes a problem. New challenges – information war, hacking, problem of searching and processing information online – are being solved through the cooperation of corporate experts, scientists and politicians.

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