After reading this article you will learn about the controversy between pure and applied science. The controversy between 'pure' and 'applied' science need not be made much of, because the two are not mutually exclusive and there is a continual interplay between them. History shows how often in fact the development of science, has taken place in response to technical [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the role of concepts in scientific investigation and development of science. The aim of science is comprehension as complete as possible of the connections between sense experiences in their totality and "the accomplishment of this aim by the use of a minimum of concepts...." A concept is an abstraction of observed things, [...]
This article provides information about the different diversions of knowledge society: The society that is emerging is a “knowledge society” one which is characterised by “new structures” of knowledge, methods of dissemination and a technology that permits and sustains “unrestricted” access to knowledge and control over it. Thus in the contemporary phase of human society the proliferation of information technology [...]
