Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.21.2.02
NEW COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR SURVEY RESEARCH IN THE AGE OF SCIENCE II
Karl H. MÜLLER
; Wiener Institute for Social Science Documentation and Methodology (WISDOM), Wien
Niko TOŠ
; Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana
Abstract
This article deals with a rapid change which is currently sweeping
through the science landscapes and discusses the far-reaching
implications of this structural break for the social sciences and for
survey research in particular. More specifically, this article will
make three central claims. First, the science system as a whole is
presently undergoing a significant phase transition which can be
summarized as a shift from Science I to Science II. Second, due
to these large-scale changes, new cognitive environments are
gradually emerging as the background knowledge of survey
research which will exert a profound impact on its future
practices. Third, these new cognitive environments will lead to
new actor models and to new bridges between survey research
and the cognitive neurosciences on the one hand and
biomedical research on the other hand.
Keywords
long-term dynamics of science; cognitive neurosciences; background knowledge; survey research; biomedical research
Hrčak ID:
84530
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2012.
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