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Baksansky, O. E..
Convergence of Knowledge, Technology and Society: Strategic Targets of the NBICS-Convergence
// Pedagogy and education. – 2014. – ¹ 1.
– P. 46-62.
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Abstract: The author of the present research article develops cognitive researches and makes an attempt apply a completely
new approach thereto. On the one hand, this approach is used to study mental processes by applying neuroscience,
physiology and molecular biology, and on the other hand, attract experts from different social and humanitarian branches of science. The NBIC abbreviation refers to bringing together nanotechnology, biotechnology, information
technology and cognitive science. The first analytical research devoted to the NBIC2-convergence (i.e. the convergence
beyond the scope of the NBIC-convergence) was published in 2013. Since the research was focused on discussions and
recommendations regarding how social prospects can be taken into account in this intersection, the abbreviation
CKTS is now used along with the NBIC2 abbreviation (Convergence of knowledge and technology for the benefit of
society). The author of the article also analyzes possibilities and social and economic risks of convergent technologies.
Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information, cognitive and social technologies (NBICS) play the main role in the development
of convergent tools that mutually form the general CKTS platform. In the 21st century a new scientific picture
of the world is being formed: • Analytical approach to understanding the structure of the material is replaced with the
synthetic approach. Interdisciplinary researches are dominating and variety of such researches is increasing; • these
researches start to perform integrative functions towards other sciences; sciences about organic and non-organic nature
grow closer and integration of sciences acquire the trans-disciplinary nature; • differentiation of a particular branch
of science happens at the moment when the integration process becomes dominating; • differentiation and integration
processes are weaved into one integration and differentiation synthesis; and the interaction between internal unity and
external unity of science is reinforced and therefore the line between them becomes indistinguishable. This paradigm of
scientific knowledge can be called ‘convergent’.
Keywords: convergent technologies, complexity, non-sectoral technologies, sectoral technologies, convergent paradigm, CKTS-convergence, NBICS-convergence, NBIC-convergence, NBIC2-technologies, dangers and risks.
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